detention time (English, noun)
expansion: detention time (countable and uncountable, plural detention times)
Senses:
topics: geography
hydrology
natural-sciences
glosses: The amount of time that water is retained in a basin or vessel, or the elapsed time of the water entering a settling basin until it flows out the other end.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: automotive
road
transport
vehicles
glosses: The total amount of time that a truck and its driver must wait at a shipping or receiving facility to load or unload their truck beyond the scheduled appointment time.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: detention times
tags: plural