transit time

Journey's total length

Transit time is the duration required for something to travel from one point to another.

The term appears in shipping and logistics What's the transit time from Los Angeles to Tokyo? , electronics signal transit time through a circuit, and medicine gut transit time measures how long food takes to pass through the digestive system.

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temporal phase of movement

transit timearrival date

When someone or something appears

arrival time · departure time · delivery date · time of arrival · ship date

motion vs. stasis

transit timedwell time

Duration spent somewhere

wait time · idle time · hold time · processing time · queue time

duration vs. instantaneity

transit timeinstant delivery

Receipt without delay

same-day delivery

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time, transit, transition, temporal, transitory

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