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EXPONENTIAL DECAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exponential decay mean? 

EXPONENTIAL DECAY (noun)
  The noun EXPONENTIAL DECAY has 1 sense:

1. a decrease that follows an exponential functionplay

  Familiarity information: EXPONENTIAL DECAY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EXPONENTIAL DECAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A decrease that follows an exponential function

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

exponential decay; exponential return

Hypernyms ("exponential decay" is a kind of...):

decay; decline (a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exponential decay"):

relaxation; relaxation behavior ((physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance)


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