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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In electricity, the constant A = CRl, where C is the capacity per unit length, R the specific resistance, and l the length of a telegraphic or telephonic line or cable. Upon this constant depend the distance to which speech can be transmitted and the speed at which telegraphic signaling can be done.
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Which would imply lag, and not a surprise for a longer time-constant.
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Flash preceded HTML5 by over a decade, and we have an internet with a somewhat moderate time-constant when it comes to adopting new web technologies.
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Flash preceded HTML5 by over a decade, and we have an internet with a somewhat moderate time-constant when it comes to adopting new web technologies.
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Flash preceded HTML5 by over a decade, and we have an internet with a somewhat moderate time-constant when it comes to adopting new web technologies.
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Flash preceded HTML5 by over a decade, and we have an internet with a somewhat moderate time-constant when it comes to adopting new web technologies.
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IR, recovery from inactivation of INa, steady state inactivation of INa, inactivation time-constant of INa, or activation time-constant of IK It was hypothesized previously that increasing IKIR decreases resting membrane resistance and the internal resistance of the electric organ such that each EOD produces a stronger electric field in the surrounding water
PLoS Biology: New Articles Michael R. Markham et al. 2009
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(D) Current traces following 20 min treatment with saline or ACTH treatment taken from Panel B. B.ack lines represent the best possible single exponential fit using the slow inactivation time-constant from the corresponding ATX-treated traces.
PLoS Biology: New Articles Michael R. Markham et al. 2009
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After exposure to saturating concentrations of ATX-II, electrocyte INa inactivated with a single slower time-constant (τ slow) (Figure 10).
PLoS Biology: New Articles Michael R. Markham et al. 2009
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Some would argue that this is a sign that we don't yet have enough liquidity in that market (and conclude pessimistically that it will take an equivalent time-constant for carbon markets to mature.)
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All amplitude and inactivation time-constant comparisons were made at the peak Na
PLoS Biology: New Articles Michael R. Markham et al. 2009
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