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the portion of a maintenance procedure required, after the hands-on work is completed, to return the equipment to a condition in which it can perform its intended function. It includes pumpdown, warm-up, stabilization periods, initialization routines, etc. It does not include equipment or process test time. Ramp-up is included only in scheduled and unscheduled downtime . [SEMI E10-92] Also see equipment downtime.

See also:

pyrophoric material definition
radical (or free radical) definition
radical ion definition
pyranose definition
radiant power definition