automatic-control stability

automatic-control stability

[¦ȯd·ə¦mad·ik kən′trōl stə‚bil·ə·dē]

(control systems)

The property of an automatic control system whose performance is such that the amplitude of transient oscillations decreases with time and the system reaches a steady state.

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