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Noun: round-trip light time
  1. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point
    "The round-trip light time to the Voyager probe is over 40 hours";
    - RTLT

Derived forms: round-trip light times

Type of: elapsed time