limit cycle

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Synonyms: limit-cycle, limit cycles

Antonyms: limit-cycle, limit cycles

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|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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