Relaxation
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[[Image:Relaxation in Tel Aviv hotel by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|Relaxation includes idle [[leisure]].]]
'''Relaxation''' may refer to:
*a process or state with the aim of [[recreation]] through leisure activities or idling and the opposite of stress or tension
** [[Relaxation technique]]
*In mechanical systems, the release of [[tension (physics)|tension]] on a given instrument
*In physics, the transition of an atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one:
**[[Dielectric relaxation]]
**[[Relaxation (NMR)]]
**[[Relaxation time]]
*In mathematics,
** [[Relaxation technique (mathematics)]], in mathematical optimization, a technique for transforming hard constraints into easier ones
**[[Relaxation method]], for numerically solving elliptic partial differential equations
*In [[computer science]], the act of smoothing out a 3D mesh, or of substituting alternative program code during [[Linker|linking]]
*In music, the release of [[tension (music)|musical tension]]
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[[de:Relaxation]]
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[[ja:リラクゼーション]]
[[pl:Relaksacja]]
[[ru:Релаксация]]
[[uk:Релаксація]]