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
- 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
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