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duty cycle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. The ratio between the amount of time in which the clock's signal is high and the clock's period.
  2. (qualifier:generally) The ratio between the percentage of time when a device is performing its work (duty) and the percentage of time when it is not working (e.g., idling, coasting, or turned off).
    • motors that are not designed for 80% duty cycles because that was never their appropriate use case

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