Response time
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The time taken by a controlling device, such as a governor, to alter or correct the operation of a machine or apparatus after a sudden change has been made in the operating conditions.
Note: The response time may be specified as the time taken for the attainment of a given proportion of the final steady-state value of a quantity.
Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)
