Meaning

2 senses
  1. The ratio between the amount of time in which the clock's signal is high and the clock's period.

  2. The ratio between the percentage of time when a device is performing 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

Forms

plural: duty cycles
Singularduty cycle
Pluralduty cycles

regular

See also

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