Poincaré recurrence time

noun

Of certain systems, the total amount of time required for the system to revert to a state that is almost identical to its current state.

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Meanings

nounPoincaré recurrence time (countable and uncountable, plural Poincaré recurrence times)

plural Poincaré recurrence times

  1. countableuncountablemathematicsOf certain systems, the total amount of time required for the system to revert to a state that is almost identical to its current state.
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