duty cycle

English

Noun

duty cycle (plural duty cycles)

  1. (electronics) The ratio between the amount of time in which the clock's signal is high and the clock's period.
  2. (engineering generally) The ratio between the percentage of time when a device is doing 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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