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characteristic times

characteristic times is the plural of characteristic time.

Meaning of characteristic time

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.

Questions about characteristic times

What is characteristic times the plural of?
Characteristic times is the plural of characteristic time.

Words near characteristic times in the dictionary

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

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