How to pronounce “duty cycle”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (electronics) The ratio between the amount of time in which the clock's signal is high and the clock's period.
• (engineering, generally) The ratio between the percentage of time when a device is performing its work (duty) and the percentage of time when it is not working (e.g., idling, coasting, or turned off).

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