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relaxation   (TTS Sound)

The noun relaxation has 7 senses

• relaxation -- ((physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers)


• relaxation, relaxation behavior -- ((physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance)


• easiness, relaxation -- (a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry; "the easiness we feel when sleeping")


• relaxation, loosening, slackening -- (an occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind")


• rest, ease, repose, relaxation -- (freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool")


• relaxation, relaxation method -- (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)


• liberalization, liberalisation, relaxation -- (the act of making less strict)