Relaxation stands quite generally for a release of tension, a return to equilibrium.
In the sciences, the term is used in the following ways:
- Relaxation (physics), and more in particular:
- Relaxation (NMR), processes by which nuclear magnetization returns to the equilibrium distribution
- Dielectric relaxation, the delay in the dielectric constant of a material
- Structural relaxation, responsible for the glass transition
- Vibrational energy relaxation, the process by which molecules in high energy quantum states return to the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution.
- In mathematics:
- Relaxation technique (mathematics), a technique for transforming hard constraints into easier ones
- Relaxation method, for numerically solving elliptic partial differential equations
- In computer science:
- Relaxation, the act of substituting alternative program code during linking
In Physiology, Hypnosis, Meditation, Recreation:
- Relaxation technique, an activity that helps a person to relax
- Relaxed in Flow (psychology), a state of arousal, flow, over-learned self-control and relaxation
- Relaxation (psychology), the emotional state of low tension
See also:
- Tension (music)
Famous quotes containing the word relaxation:
“Worst of all, there is no sign of any relaxation of antisemitism. Logically it has nothing to do with Fascism. But the human race is imitative rather than logical; and as Fascism spreads antisemitism spreads.”
—George Bernard Shaw (18561950)
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