The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.
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a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction
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Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.(electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.(electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coin.
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.(electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.(electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.Defect; want; lack; default.
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.(electronics) a curve representing the output-to-input ratio of a transducer as a function of frequency
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.(electronics) a graph of frequency response with signal amplitude or gain plotted against frequency
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.(electronics) a graph of frequency response with signal amplitude or gain plotted against frequency
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Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly…
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.One who, or that which, limits.
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice.
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving s…
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse.
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The hollow beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder; the axilla.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semiconductor, consists, junction.The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semiconductor, consists, junction.That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semiconductor, consists, junction.The point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semiconductor, consists, junction.To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semiconductor, consists, junction.To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semiconductor, consists, junction.Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semiconductor, consists, junction.A joint, seam, or closure; the place where two bodies, or parts of a body, meet and unite; an interstice, cleft, or juncture.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semiconductor, consists, junction.A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semiconductor, consists, junction.The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semiconductor, consists, junction.A gluing together; a joining by means of some tenacious substance; junction; union.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: semiconductor, consists, junction.The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.
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