Relaxation

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  • noun. The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed.
  • noun. Refreshment of body or mind; recreation.
  • noun. A loosening or slackening.
  • noun. A reduction in strictness or severity.
  • noun. The lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers.
  • noun. The return or adjustment of a system to equilibrium following displacement or abrupt change.
  • noun. A method of solving equations in which the errors resulting from an initial approximation are reduced by succeeding approximations until all errors are within specified limits.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as redislocation.
  • noun. The act of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed.
  • noun. Remission or abatement of rigor.
  • noun. Remission of attention or application: as, relaxation of efforts.
  • noun. Unbending; recreation; a state or occupation intended to give mental or bodily relief after effort.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed
  • noun. Remission from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.
  • noun. A diminution of tone, tension, or firmness; specifically in pathology: a looseness; a diminution of the natural and healthy tone of parts.
  • noun. Remission or abatement of rigor.
  • noun. Remission of attention or application.
  • noun. Unbending; recreation; a state or occupation intended to give mental or bodily relief after effort.
  • noun. The transition of an atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one.
  • noun. The release following musical tension.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry
  • noun. the act of making less strict
  • noun. (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance
  • noun. an occurrence of control or strength weakening
  • noun. 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
  • noun. (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers
  • noun. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
  • Word Usage
    "Fascinated by the striking physiologic changes he noted—a decrease in heart rate, breathing rate, blood pressure, and metabolic rate—he coined the term relaxation response to describe the phenomenon.9 Today, studies continue to replicate these early findings.10"
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