Word: clearance time Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount of time it takes from the initiation of a process until it is completed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: By taking advantage of the clearance time after deposit of a check in one account to clear the account the check is drawn upon, and the continuing rotation of checks from one account to the other, or several different accounts, fictitional balances are caused. Example: The question of clearance time is important, too, in avoiding overdraft penalties. 2. The amount of time it takes from the initiation of a process until it is completed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: On a street with a median at least 6 feet in width, it may be desirable to allow only enough pedestrian clearance time on a given phase to clear the crossing from the curb to the median. Example: The pedestrian clearance time should be sufficient to allow a pedestrian crossing in the crosswalk who left the curb or shoulder during the WALKING PERSON ( symbolizing WALK ) signal indication to travel at a walking speed of 1.2 m ( 4 ft ) per second, to at least the far side of the traveled way or to a median of sufficient width for pedestians to wait. 3. The amount of time it takes from the initiation of a process until it is completed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And when the pilot asks for an expect further clearance time, he is usually told, "Oh, you can expect your filed route after such and such," the fix to which you have been cleared. 4. The amount of time it takes from the initiation of a process until it is completed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There should be a maximum clearance time of 45 minutes for any passenger on any international arriving flight on any day of the year at any time of the day. 5. The amount of time it takes from the initiation of a process until it is completed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the case of the SS strategy or equivalently when there is no emergency supply alternative, expected backorders' clearance time reaches its maximum, exceeding 6 days, while, on the other hand, clearance time is critically lower when an alternative emergency supplier has been proactively contracted. 6. The amount of time it takes from the initiation of a process until it is completed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In Fig. 12.5.6A, for example, a fault occurring at point F is detected by the busbar protection which trips the circuit breaker. It is clear, therefore, that the fault will not be disconnected, except possibly by back-up protection involving a long clearance time. 7. The amount of time it takes to empty something out. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Econometric models have been developed for incident clearance time, which will help freeway incident management agencies to rationalize the deployment of their incident-response resources. Example: The study finding will prove useful for any agency or company involved in the direct removal of nonhazardous traffic incidents that seeks legislative or interagency support removal activites or a description of alternative removal strategies to minimize clearance time. 8. The amount of time it takes to empty something out. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The clearance time of a vehicle starting from within a queue can generally being composed of two time intervals. Example: If not so, the signal turns to red without extending green light time for north-bound and clearance time passes. 9. The amount of time it takes to empty something out. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In this study, we categorized list size into two groups, with 1 month as the dividing cut-off, reasoning that registration on a wait list with a clearance time of 1 month or less would allow the patient to undergo surgery within the target time (for semiurgent patients) of 6 weeks. Example: We varied three other patient-level factors that might have affected time to surgery: priority of registration on the surgical wait list, clearance time at time of registration on the wait list, and weekly number of inpatient and emergency procedures [141]. 10. The amount of time it takes to empty something out. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It should be emphasized, however, that if the drug detection methods are only marginal, the effects of increased doses on clearance time can be quite marked (Fig 4). Example: The results revealed that sleep infusions in both groups were associated with a statistically significant prolongation of acid clearance time. In minutes, the absolute clearance time was nearly doubled in both groups. 11. The amount of time it takes to empty something out. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Each storey of the building is evacuated on to the stairs in not more than 2.5 min. (This average clearance time was proposed after an evacuation experience during a fire in the Empire Palace Theatre in Edinburgh in 1911;) Example: It also established "clearance time" as a regulatory concept. 12. The amount of time it takes to empty something out. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To get a better idea of why the radon concentration takes a long time to return to a steady state, despite the large ventilation capacity of the 16,000-cfm ventilation fans, analysis was made of data from a test conducted to measure clearance time of an inert tracer after sudden injection into the intake portal of the mine . Example: The exhaust configuration has little bearing on clearance time. 13. The amount of additional time (clearance) allotted in a situation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The preferred clearance time will vary, depending on the situation and the person. People may want more clearance time for fast-moving traffic than they do for slow traffic, and cautious people may want a longer clearance time than do high risk takers.