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risetime

risetime noun: the time taken for a wave to rise from the baseline to the peak.

Noun

risetime (plural risetimes)

  1. The time taken for a wave to rise from the baseline to the peak
    • By using the correlation between risetime and position we were able to obtain a measured resolution of 92 #92;mum (FWHM), corresponding to an intrinsic resolution of 64 #92;mum (FMHM) for a single Z-stack MCP detector.2015, Davinder Siwal, B.B. Wiggins, R. T. deSouza, “Using pulse shape analysis to improve the position resolution of a resistive anode microchannel plate detector”, in arXiv

Forms of risetime

pluralrisetimes

Origin of risetime

From rise + time.

Questions about risetime

What does risetime mean?
Risetime means the time taken for a wave to rise from the baseline to the peak.
What part of speech is risetime?
Risetime is a noun.
What is the plural of risetime?
The plural of risetime is risetimes.

Words near risetime in the dictionary

  1. rises up
  2. rises with the lark
  3. rises with the sun
  4. risest
  5. riseth
  6. risetime
  7. risetimes
  8. Rish
  9. Rishabh
  10. Rishabha
  11. Rishahr

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