RELAXATION
\ɹɪlɐksˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɹɪlɐksˈeɪʃən], \ɹ_ɪ_l_ɐ_k_s_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of RELAXATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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(physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers
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a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount
By Princeton University
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(physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers
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a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
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Act of relaxing; relaxed state; recreation.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Same etymon. Chalasis, Chalasmos, (F) Relachement. In Physiology, relaxation is opposed to contraction. In Pathology, it means great looseness of a part.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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