Refrigerate the frozen meat. Place the plate of frozen meat in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours. For larger cuts of meat, allow 24 hours for every 5 pounds (2.3 kilograms) of meat. After the first 24 hours, check the meat periodically to see if itâs thawed.
In physiology, a refractory period is a period of time during which an organ or cell is incapable of repeating a particular action, or (more precisely) the amount of time it takes for an excitable membrane to be ready for a second stimulus once it returns to its resting state following an excitation.
Refractory period. For a short period after the passage of an impulse, the threshold for stimulation is raised, such that if a nerve is stimulated twice in quick succession, it may not respond to the second stimulus. The absolute refractory period is the brief interval after a successful stimulus when no second shock, however maximal, can elicit another response. Its duration in mammalian A fibres is about 0.4 ms; in frog nerve at 15oC it is about 2 ms.