relaxation time

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

   Broadertime constant

Questions about relaxation time

What does relaxation time mean?

relaxation time means "the time constant of an exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance".

Is relaxation time a common word?

relaxation time is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.