RELAXATION TIME

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The time constant of an exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("relaxation time" is a kind of...):

time constant ((electronics) the time required for the current or voltage in a circuit to rise or fall exponentially through approximately 63 per cent of its amplitude)

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