"limit cycle" meaning in English

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        "A closed trajectory in phase space of a dynamical system having the property that at least one other trajectory spirals into it either as time approaches infinity or as time approaches minus-infinity."
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        "(systems theory) A closed trajectory in phase space of a dynamical system having the property that at least one other trajectory spirals into it either as time approaches infinity or as time approaches minus-infinity."
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          "roman": "jíxiànhuán",
          "sense": "closed trajectory in phase space",
          "word": "極限環 /极限环"
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          "word": "limitní cyklus"
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        "(systems theory) A closed trajectory in phase space of a dynamical system having the property that at least one other trajectory spirals into it either as time approaches infinity or as time approaches minus-infinity."
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