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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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Electronic engineering

crystal probe

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A radio-frequency (RF) probe, whose rectifying element is a semiconductor diode.

carrier-current relay

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A radio-frequency (RF) relay circuit, operated over a wire line by means of a transmitter.

color bar-dot generator

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A radio-frequency (RF) signal generator that produces a bar or dot pattern on the screen of a color television picture tube. Used for testing and alignment.

amplitude-modulated transmitter

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A radiofrequency transmitter whose carrier is varied in amplitude, according to the rate of change of some data-containing signal (such as voice, music, facsimile, television pictures, control ...

Christiansen antenna

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A radio-telescope antenna for obtaining high resolution. Two straight arrays are placed at an angle, intersecting approximately at their centers. The resulting interference pattern has extremely ...

chirp

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A rapid change in the frequency of a continuous- wave Morse-code signal. The chirp usually occurs at the beginning of each dot or dash, and

chain reaction

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A reaction (as in nuclear fission) that is self-sustaining or self-repeating. Unless controlled from outside, such a reaction runs to destruction.

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