What does step response mean?

How a system's output changes over time after its input jumps suddenly from one value to another, such as full power from standing still. Its final value and time constant are the first numbers to measure on anything that moves.

Also written as: step responses

In a lesson

A model of a machine is worth nothing until someone has measured the machine. This lesson is the measurement: a step response, the standard first experiment on anything that moves.

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