dwell time

dwell time (usually uncountable, plural dwell times)

1. (chiefly engineering) The period of time that a system or element of a system remains in a given state.

   The drone has a dwell time of about six hours when operating from an in-theater airfield.

   The part needs a total dwell time in the autoclave of 95 minutes.

2. (military) The duty time soldiers have at their domestic home base between foreign deployments.

• well-timed