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characteristic time

characteristic time noun: the order of magnitude of the reaction time scale of a system; the inverse of the reaction rate.

Noun

characteristic time (countable and uncountable, plural characteristic times)

  1. (physical) The order of magnitude of the reaction time scale of a system; the inverse of the reaction rate.

Forms of characteristic time

pluralcharacteristic times

Questions about characteristic time

What does characteristic time mean?
Characteristic time means the order of magnitude of the reaction time scale of a system; the inverse of the reaction rate.
What part of speech is characteristic time?
Characteristic time is a noun.
What is the plural of characteristic time?
The plural of characteristic time is characteristic times.

Words near characteristic time in the dictionary

  1. characteristic functions
  2. characteristic polynomial
  3. characteristic polynomials
  4. characteristic root
  5. characteristic roots
  6. characteristic time
  7. characteristic times
  8. characteristic value
  9. characteristic values
  10. characteristic vector
  11. characteristic vectors

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