An irreversible process would be a better description versus energy loss. Like joule heating (resistance, friction).
On Sunday, 31 July 2016, Hal Murray <hmur...@megapathdsl.net> wrote: > > t...@radio.sent.com <javascript:;> said: > > So loss effects frequency in one situation and amplitude in the other. > How > > can Q relate to both situations? > > It's energy loss in both cases. > > Is there a term other than Q that is used to describe the rate of energy > loss > for things that aren't oscillators? > > > -- > These are my opinions. I hate spam. > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com <javascript:;> > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
