WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
relaxa′tion time′, [Physics.]
  1. Physicsthe 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.
  • 1970–75

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