clearance time

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名词 n.
  1. The amount of time it takes from the initiation of a process until it is completed.; The amount of time required for a payment to be deposited to an account. countable,uncountable
    — 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.
  2. The amount of time it takes from the initiation of a process until it is completed.; The amount of time it takes for a pedestrian to reach the other side of a crosswalk. countable,uncountable
    — 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.
  3. The amount of time it takes from the initiation of a process until it is completed.; The amount of time from when a pilot requests the right to land at an airport and the tower allows the pilot to land. countable,uncountable
    — 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.; The amount of time it takes to get through customs. countable,uncountable
    — 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.; The amount of time it takes for a backordered item to arrive. countable,uncountable
    — 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.; The amount of time from when a fault is detected to when a circuit is automatically reopened. countable,uncountable
    — 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.; The amount of time to clear a road from traffic after an incident. countable,uncountable
    — 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.
  8. The amount of time it takes to empty something out.; The amount of time to clear a traffic queue when a signal changes. countable,uncountable
    — The clearance time of a vehicle starting from within a queue can generally being composed of two time intervals.
  9. The amount of time it takes to empty something out.; The amount of time to process all the individuals on a waiting list. countable,uncountable
    — 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.
  10. The amount of time it takes to empty something out.; The amount of time for a substance to be eliminated from a body, body part or organ. countable,uncountable
    — 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).
  11. The amount of time it takes to empty something out.; The amount of time it takes to clear a building or other public area in an emergency. countable,uncountable
    — 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;)
  12. The amount of time it takes to empty something out.; The amount of time before a foreign substance in the air has dissipated. countable,uncountable
    — 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 .
  13. The amount of additional time (clearance) allotted in a situation. countable,uncountable
    — 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.

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