Main Entry: dwell
Pronunciation: 'dwel
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s): dwelled /'dweld, 'dwelt/; or dwelt /'dwelt/; dwelling
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dwellan to go astray, hinder;
akin to Old High German twellen to tarry
Date: 13th century
1 : to remain for a time
2 a : to live as a resident b : EXIST, LIE
3 a : to keep the attention directed -- used with on or upon <tried not to
dwell on my fears> b : to speak or write insistently -- used with on or upon
<leering reviewers dwelled on a publicity photograph -- James Atlas>
- dwell7er noun
It refers to the length of time in degrees or percent that the points are
closed.
----- Original Message -----
From: <CraigFaubel@aol.com>
To: <dkern@napanet.net>; <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
Cc: <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 12:51 AM
Subject: Re: Dwell/gap
> It might seem niave (naive?), but why is it called 'dwell'? It it a
> reference to the hang-time that the points dwell in the open state, or the
> time they dwell in the closed state, or was there an inventor named Dwell?
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