relaxation: Meaning and Definition of

re•lax•a•tion

1. abatement or relief from bodily or mental work, effort, application, etc.
2. an activity or recreation that provides such relief; diversion; entertainment.
3. a loosening or slackening.
4. diminution or remission of strictness or severity.
5. a numerical procedure for solving systems of equations by successive approximations of the variables.
1. the return of a system undergoing dissipation to an initial state of equilibrium after being displaced from it.
2. the approach to steady-state operation of a system that has undergone dissipation and a change in state or has been subjected to an abrupt periodic disturbance.