"contact time" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: contact times [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} contact time (countable and uncountable, plural contact times)
  1. The amount of time that a disinfectant needs to sit on a surface, in order to effectively kill germs. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: disinfectant time, dwell time
    Sense id: en-contact_time-en-noun-gc5PbxKN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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