(electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current
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a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
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(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.(electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters
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Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.(electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a wave…
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From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contact, distributor, rotor, turns, projecting.Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contact, distributor, rotor, turns, projecting.The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the un…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contact, distributor, rotor, turns, projecting.a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contact, distributor, rotor, turns, projecting.Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contact, distributor, rotor, turns, projecting.The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vesse…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contact, distributor, rotor, turns, projecting.A closed path through which an electric current flows
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contact, distributor, rotor, turns, projecting.contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contact, distributor, rotor, turns, projecting.Without cessation; unceasingly; continuously; as, the current flows continually.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contact, distributor, rotor, turns, projecting.occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contact, distributor, rotor, turns, projecting.an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contact, distributor, rotor, turns, projecting.an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
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