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dwell
  1. (engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
  2. (engineering) A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed.
  3. (electrical engineering) A planned delay in a timed control program.
  4. (automotive) In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow through the ignition coil in between each spark. This is measured as an angle in degrees around the camshaft in the distributor which controls the points, for example in a 4-cylinder engine it might be 55° (spark at 90° intervals, points closed for 55° between each).
dwelling
dweller
  1. An inhabitant of a specific place; an inhabitant or denizen.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The beautiful Red Lipped Batfish is a bottom dweller that blends into the readily available natural debris.”
      “The first time she saw me I was a long-haired, post-hippie, shaggily dressed, 27-year-old cave dweller.”
      “This word comes into the Middle English language from the Late Latin word Paganus, which means country dweller.”
dwellings
  1. plural of dwelling
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Our Richmond Valley abounds in dwellings, public buildings, monuments, museums, cemeteries that are worthy of more than just a casual glance.”
      “Summer dwellings seem to have been tents weighted down by stones around the periphery.”
      “Some homeowners have even traded down from more expensive abodes to less pricey dwellings.”
dwellers
  1. plural of dweller
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He takes every opportunity to highlight the negative aspects of city life and comment on the remoteness of urban dwellers.”
      “The sites are home to a vast variety of reef dwellers such as the damselfish, angelfish, butterflyfish and sweetlips.”
      “Britain's countryside was placed on red alert yesterday as both city and rural dwellers were told to keep away from farmland.”
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