Electronics
Noun 1. Electronics
- the branch of physics that deals with the emission and
effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices |
Commonly and Seldom
Used Definitions
base - (electronics) the part of a transistor that
separates the emitter from the collector
tangency, contact - (electronics) a junction where things (as two
electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the contacts"
clipper, limiter - (electronics) an nonlinear electronic circuit
whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the
instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks
of a waveform); "a limiter introduces amplitude distortion"
electronic network, network - (electronics) a system of interconnected
electronic components or circuits
electronic transistor, junction transistor, transistor - a semiconductor device capable of
amplification
device characteristic, characteristic - any measurable property of a device
measured under closely specified conditions
frequency response - (electronics) a response depicting
the output-to-input ratio of a transducer as a function of
frequency
redundancy - (electronics) a system design that
duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one
component fails
natural philosophy,
physical science,
physics - the science of matter and energy and their
interactions
electron optics - the branch of electronics that deals
with beams of electrons and their focusing and deflection by
magnetic fields
microelectronics - the branch of electronics that deals
with miniature components
thermionics - the branch of electronics dealing with
thermionic phenomena (especially thermionic vacuum tubes)
modulation - (electronics) the transmission of a signal
by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's
amplitude or frequency or phase
demodulation - (electronics) the reception of a signal
by extracting it from the carrier wave
frequency response,
frequency-response characteristic,
frequency-response curve - (electronics) a graph of
frequency response with signal amplitude or gain plotted
against frequency
characterisic function, characteristic curve - (electronics) graph showing how a
particular characteristic of a device varies with other
parameters
ripple - (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude
imposed on top of a steady value
pulsation,
pulse,
pulsing,
impulse - (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the
normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"
fault - (electronics) equipment failure attributable to
some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation
failure or short circuit etc.); "it took much longer to find
the fault than to fix it"
sunrise industry - a new industry that is expanding
rapidly (especially telecommunications or electronics)
growing - (electronics) the production of
(semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the
molten state
series - (electronics) connection of components in such
a manner that current flows first through one and then
through the other; "the voltage divider consisted of a
series of fixed resistors"
time constant - (electronics) the time required for the
current or voltage in a circuit to rise or fall
exponentially through approximately 63 per cent of its
amplitude
decouple - reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one
circuit or part to another)
dope - add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to
produce or modify its properties; "The resistors have been
doped"
analog,
analogue,
linear - of a circuit or device having an output that is
proportional to the input; "analogue device"; "linear
amplifier"
digital - of a circuit or device that represents
magnitudes in digits; "digital computer"
heterodyne - of or relating to the the beat produced by
heterodyning two oscillations |
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