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Definition of Time constant

1. Noun. (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.

2. Noun. The ratio of the inductance of a circuit in henries to its resistance in ohms.

Definition of Time constant

1. Noun. (mathematics) A characteristic of an exponential function, represented by ''?'' in the function: ¹

2. Noun. (physics) The time in which a physical system's response to a step-wise change in an external variable reaches approximately 63% of its final (asymptotic) value. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Time constant

1. That part of a circuit that determines the time interval over which the rate of electrical events will be averaged; in pulmonary physiology, the factors determining rate of flow in the airways. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Time Constant

time being time bill time bills time bomb time bombs time capsule time capsules time clock time clocks time code

time codes time compensation gain time complexities time complexity time constant (current term) time delay time delays time deposit time deposit account time difference

time dilatation time dilation time domain time domains time draft time exposure time factors time flies time flies when you're having fun

Literary usage of Time constant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Electrical Engineer (1891)
"The time-constant of the circuit in this case, however, ... At the period of natural discharge equal to the time-constant, an inductance or capacity charge ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The whole amount of electricity passing in this part of the current is Time constant of aI^T R» (86) The quantity ^ is of the same dimension as ..."

3. The Flowers of History, Especially Such as Relate to the Affairs of Britain by Matthew Paris (1853)
"... Wales— The Danes land at Sheppey—Are defeated by Egbert—He dies—They return a second time—Constant wars between them and the English—Alfred, ..."

4. The Flowers of History, Especially Such as Relate to the Affairs of Britain by Matthew Paris (1853)
"... Wales— The Danes land at Sheppey—Are defeated by Egbert—He dies—They return a second time—Constant wars between them and the English—Alfred, ..."

5. Principles of Radio Communication by John Harold Morecroft, A. Pinto, Walter Andrew Curry (1921)
"time constant of a Condenser Circuit. — The quantity RC is called the time constant of the condenser circuit; it is evidently the time taken for the current ..."

6. Principles of Radio Communication by John Harold Morecroft, A. Pinto, Walter Andrew Curry (1921)
"time constant of a Condenser Circuit.—The quantity RC is called the time constant of the condenser circuit; it is evidently the time taken for the current ..."

7. Principles of Radio Communication by John Harold Morecroft, A. Pinto, Walter Andrew Curry (1921)
"time constant of a Condenser Circuit.—The quantity RC is called the time constant of the condenser circuit; it is evidently the time taken for the current ..."

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