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fuse, electric
(Encyclopedia)fuse, electric, safety device used to protect an electric circuit against an excessive current. A fuse consists essentially of a strip of low-melting alloy enclosed in a suitable housing. It is connec...transistor
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Simple transistor circuit transistor, three-terminal, solid-state electronic device used for amplification and switching. It is the solid-state analog to the triode electron tube; the transist...neural network
(Encyclopedia)neural network or neural computing, computer architecture modeled upon the human brain's interconnected system of neurons. Neural networks imitate the brain's ability to sort out patterns and learn fr...impedance
(Encyclopedia)impedance, in electricity, measure in ohms of the degree to which an electric circuit resists the flow of electric current when a voltage is impressed across its terminals. Impedance is expressed as t...Armstrong, Edwin Howard
(Encyclopedia)Armstrong, Edwin Howard, 1890–1954, American engineer and radio inventor, b. New York City, grad. Columbia (E.E. 1913). He was associated in research with Michael I. Pupin at Columbia and became pro...etched circuit
(Encyclopedia)etched circuit: see printed circuit. ...circuit, electric
(Encyclopedia)circuit, electric: see electric circuit. ...series circuit
(Encyclopedia)series circuit: see electric circuit. ...parallel circuit
(Encyclopedia)parallel circuit: see electric circuit. ...potentiometer
(Encyclopedia)potentiometer. 1 Manually adjustable, variable, electrical resistor. It has a resistance element that is attached to the circuit by three contacts, or terminals. The ends of the resistance element are...Browse by Subject
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