relaxation circuit
relaxation circuit
[‚rē‚lak′sā·shən ‚sər·kət] (electronics)
Circuit arrangement, usually of vacuum tubes, reactances, and resistances, which has two states or conditions, one, both, or neither of which may be stable; the transient voltage produced by passing from one to the other, or the voltage in a state of rest, can be used in other circuits.
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