Electricity

Electricity

A database referring to the existence of a flow of electric charge.

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cathode

Electrical equipment; Electricity

1) The negative electrode, that emits electrons or gives off negative ions and toward which positive ions move or collect in a voltaic cell or other such device. 2) The negative pole of a battery.

code division multiple access (CDMA)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

CMDA is a technique used mainly with personal communications devices such as mobile phones that digitizes the conversation and tags it with a special frequency code. The data is then scattered across ...

cell (battery)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

An electrochemical device composed of positive and negative plates, separator, and electrolyte which is capable of storing electrical energy.

cell-reversal (battery)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

Reversing of polarity within a cell of a multi-cell battery due to over discharge.

characteristic angle

Electrical equipment; Electricity

The angle between the vectors representing two of the energizing quantities applied to a relay used for the declaration of the performance.

characteristic curve

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A plot or curve displaying the operating values of the characteristic quantities corresponding to various values or combinations of the energizing quantities.