risetime

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noun

The time taken for a wave to rise from the baseline to the peak

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Meanings

nounrisetime (plural risetimes)

plural risetimes

  1. The time taken for a wave to rise from the baseline to the peak

    By using the correlation between risetime and position we were able to obtain a measured resolution of 92 #92;mum (FWHM), corresponding to an intrinsic resolution of 64 #92;mum (FMHM) for a single Z-stack MCP detector.

    2015, Davinder Siwal, B.B. Wiggins, R. T. deSouza, “Using pulse shape analysis to improve the position resolution of a resistive anode microchannel plate detector”, in arXiv

Origin

From rise + time.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

risetime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/risetime

MLA

“risetime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/risetime. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “risetime,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/risetime.

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