"attack time" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: attack times [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} attack time (countable and uncountable, plural attack times)
  1. (telecommunications) The time between the instant that a signal at the input of a device or circuit exceeds the activation threshold of the device or circuit and the instant that the device or circuit reacts in a specified manner, or to a specified degree, to the input. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Telecommunications

Inflected forms

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