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relaxation time
noun
, Physics.
- the time that it takes for an exponentially decaying quantity, as radioactive particles or transient electrical currents, to decrease to 36.8 percent of its initial value.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of relaxation time1
First recorded in 1970–75
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