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Time constant
In
physics
and
engineering
, the
time constant
, usually denoted by the
Greek
letter t (tau), is the
parameter
characterizing the response to a step input of a first-order,
linear time-invariant
(LTI) system. The time constant is the main
characteristic unit
of a first-order LTI (
linear time-invariant
) system.
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