relaxation oscillator

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relaxation oscillator

n
(Electronics) electronics a nonsinusoidal oscillator, the timing of which is controlled by the charge and discharge time constants of resistance and capacitance components
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The relaxation oscillator is further classified into two categories.
Relaxation Oscillators and Astable Multivibrators produce Square waves and rectangular pulses.
For instance, synchronization induced by quorum sensing has been studied in networks composed by genetic relaxation oscillators [12], limit-cycle oscillators [13], and synthetic gene oscillators [14].
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