integration time

noun — 2 senses

integration time

noun
1

Business, Electrical, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Energy, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Of an electronic system, the period of time in which a noisy signal is averaged so as to improve the signal-to-noise ratio.

2

Engineering, Natural sciences, Optics, Physical sciences, Physics The duration of time in which a sensor collects and accumulates incoming light or signals.

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