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relaxation time (medicine) and peloton (iou)


relaxation time (medicine)


relaxation time
Time taken for a system to return to the resting or ground state or a new equilibrium state following perturbation. Often used in context of receptor systems that have a refractory period after responding and then relax to a competent state. Can be used more precisely to mean the time for a system to change from its original equilibrium value to 1/e of this original value.


peloton (iou)



peloton noun. E18.
[French, from pelote: see PELLET noun1.]
A small ball or pellet. rare. Only in E18.
a. = PLATOON noun 1. Now rare or obsolete. E18.
b. Cycling. The main field or group of cyclists in a race. M20.