burn time

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English

Noun

burn time (countable and uncountable, plural burn times)

  1. (physics, astronautics) The amount of time in which which the propellant charge of a rocket engine is completely consumed.
  2. The total amount of time a single load of wood will burn from the moment of ignition until the moment of smoldering.

Verb

burn time (third-person singular simple present burns time, present participle burning time, simple past and past participle burned time)

  1. (idiomatic) To waste time unnecessarily.