(electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current
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contact (the part of a bell) against which the clapper strikes
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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
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) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a wave…
Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.(electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the cont…
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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) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
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The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contact, part, bell, clapper, strikes.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, part, bell, clapper, strikes.The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contact, part, bell, clapper, strikes.The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contact, part, bell, clapper, strikes.A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contact, part, bell, clapper, strikes.To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contact, part, bell, clapper, strikes.A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but gene…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contact, part, bell, clapper, strikes.To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contact, part, bell, clapper, strikes.Anything that causes a clacking noise, as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contact, part, bell, clapper, strikes.One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper of a mill.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contact, part, bell, clapper, strikes.That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contact, part, bell, clapper, strikes.A watch, esp. one that strikes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contact, part, bell, clapper, strikes.
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