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'Relaxation' may refer to

★ a process or state with the aim of recreation through leisure activities or idling and the opposite of stress or tension

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★ see also Relaxation technique

★ In mechanical systems, the release of tension on a given instrument.

★ In physics, the transition of an atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one:

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★ Dielectric relaxation.

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★ Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR).

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★ see also Relaxation time

★ In mathematics,

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★ the relaxation technique in mathematical optimization, a technique for transforming hard constraints into easier ones;

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★ the relaxation method for numerically solving elliptic partial differential equations.

★ In computer science, the act of smoothing out a 3D mesh, or of substituting alternative program code during linking.

★ In music, the release of musical tension.