dwell
IPA: dwˈɛɫ
noun
- (engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
- (engineering) A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed.
- (electrical engineering) A planned delay in a timed control program.
- (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).
verb
- (intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside.
- (transitive with on) To linger on a particular thought, idea, etc.; to remain fixated on something.
- (intransitive, engineering) To be in a given state.
- (intransitive) To abide; to remain; to continue.
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Examples of "dwell" in Sentences
- The tribes dwelled in the North.
- They wanted to dwell in a warm clime.
- The storehouse and dwellings were within 1km.
- In the jugness of the jug, sky and earth dwell.
- The dark heart of the smith still dwells in it.
- Exaltation is dwelling in the presence of God the Father.
- The are malevolent spirits that dwell in the Sanzu River.
- They are malevolent spirits that dwell in the Sanzu River.
- It included the keeper's dwelling in the base of the light.
- The vehicles will be parked near the dwelling of the victim.
- "Tabernacle" for dwell is used to mark that, though still on the earth, they in spirit are hidden
- I would fain dwell on each of these honored names, but must pass on to others no less worthy of honor.
- I. iii.156 (129,8) [dwell in my necessity] To _dwell_ seems in this place to mean the same as to _continue_.
- KING: As the U.S. footprint in Iraq shrinks, the Army hopes to guarantee troops 30 months of what it calls dwell time between deployments.
- Today, it is another kind of crusade, to protect the sacred places of the earth wherein dwell freedom and justice, and good faith and mercy, and humane and Christian civilization.
- For the last several years, our Armed Forces have been plagued by a lack of what is known as dwell time -- the amount of time Soldiers have at home with their families between deployments.
- I've read and enjoyed all thirteen of Carroll's novels, and this one is going right on the shelf with the others, and will occupy the same oft-visited part of my mental landscape wherein dwell his other magical books.
- The place in which they do dwell is one in which the working poor, clothed in the stigmatizing uniforms of their menial trades, interrogated, tested, monitored, and policed, trade their civil rights-at the very least, their right to privacy and to free speech-for a not quite subsistence wage.
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