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relaxation time

n. Physics
The time required for an exponential system to return 1/e (0.368) of its initial value of equilibrium after perturbation.
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Noun1.relaxation time - the time constant of an exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance
time constant - (electronics) the time required for the current or voltage in a circuit to rise or fall exponentially through approximately 63 per cent of its amplitude
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The previous studies about skeletal muscle have reported that the cause for variety of relaxation time included muscle fiber composition, intracellular and extracellular water content, perfusion, lipids, and other conditions in the case of the same external environment, especially the present of water and fat of tissue.[10],[11],[12] Moreover, bound water which was associated with intracellular protein, glycogen, and other macromolecules slowed down the resonance frequency closer to the Larmor frequency, causing more efficient longitudinal and transverse relaxation, thereby shortening both T1 and T2 relaxation times of water.
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