Electronic engineering

Electronic engineering

Electronic engineering is an engineering discipline focused on the design, fabrication, testing and operation of circuits, electronic components, devices, and systems.

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ceiling

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. The maximum possible power output from a transmitter. 2. The maximum possible current or voltage that a circuit can deliver. 3. In aviation, the level of the cloud base.

carrier beating

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. The mixing of two radiofrequency carriers that are separated by a small amount of frequency, resulting in an audible tone in a receiver. 2. A heterodyne in a facsimile or television signal, ...

carrier control

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. The modification, adjustment, or switching of a carrier wave. 2. Adjustment of a circuit or device by means of a carrier wave.

beam

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. The more-or-less narrow pattern of radiation from a directional antenna. 2. A directional antenna—especially a yagi antenna. 3. The stream or cloud of electrons emitted by the cathode in an ...

convection current

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. The motion of current carriers or a charge across the surface of a conductor or dielectric. 2. Air currents rising above a heat source or heated body.

cathode

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. The negative electrode of a device (i.e., the electrode from which electrons move when a current passes through the device). 2. In an electrochemical cell, the electrode that gains electrons. ...

1. The number of pulses tallied by a counting system in a given period of time. 2. A single response by a radioactivity counter. 3. A record of the number of times an instruction or subroutine in a ...