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Wiper

One who, or that which, wipes.

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Contact 76% connected

A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

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Tangency 76% connected

The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Rheostat 70% connected

A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength of electrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation of resistance which can be vari…

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Selector 70% connected

One who selects.

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Amplification noun · 78% connection

(electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current

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Base noun · 78% connection

(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector

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Characteristic curve noun · 78% connection

(electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters

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Characteristic function noun · 78% connection

(electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters

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Clipper noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a wave…

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Demodulation noun · 78% connection

(electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave

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Electronic network noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits

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Fault noun · 78% connection

(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.…

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Frequency response noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a curve representing the output-to-input ratio of a transducer as a function of frequency

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Frequency-response curve noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a graph of frequency response with signal amplitude or gain plotted against frequency

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Growing noun · 78% connection

(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state

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Impulse noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be com…

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Limiter noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a wave…

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Modulation noun · 78% connection

(electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase

Used in the same subject area: Electrical engineering, Engineering.
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Network noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits

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Pulsation noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be com…

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Pulse noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be com…

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