Dwell means to remain in a place, as a residence (a dwelling), or metaphorically to stay on a subject. It may also refer to:
- Bullet dwell time, in gun accurizing, the time between cartridge ignition, and the time the bullet leaves the barrel
- Dwell (magazine), a monthly American publication focused on modern architecture and design
- Dwell (retailer), a leading UK furniture and accessories company
- Interface defeat, a condition encountered with ceramic armour in which a projectile is consumed on the surface of the armour without penetrating
- Terminal dwell time (or dwell, station dwell, or station dwell time), in train and subway operations, the amount of time taken at each stop
- Dwell is an (angular) measure important to tuning how long the coil spends charging to spark automotive ignition systems.
- Dwell Time is the time that an antenna beam spends on a target is called dwell time TD.
Famous quotes containing the word dwell:
“I dwell in Possibility—
A fairer House than Prose—”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
“It is the mark of a mean, vulgar and ignoble spirit to dwell on the thought of food before meal times or worse to dwell on it afterwards, to discuss it and wallow in the remembered pleasures of every mouthful. Those whose minds dwell before dinner on the spit, and after on the dishes, are fit only to be scullions.”
—Francis De Sales, Saint (1567–1622)
“He made no resistance whatever, and was stabbed in the back.... I must not dwell upon the fearful repast.... Words have no power to impress the mind with the exquisite horror of their reality.”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)