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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 function
Familiarity information: EXPONENTIAL DECAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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