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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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blue glow
Engineering; Electronic engineering
1. In a neon lamp, a bluish light that results from high-voltage arcing. 2. The normal color of the gas discharge in an argon glow lamp. 3. The bluish glow between anode and cathode of a gassy ...
display window
Engineering; Electronic engineering
1. In a panoramic display, the width of the presented frequency band in hertz. 2. The panel opening through which the indication of a display unit appears.
boundary
Engineering; Electronic engineering
1. In a polycrystalline substance, the area of contact between adjacent crystals. 2. The area of meeting of two regions (such as n and p) in a semiconductor.
depolarization
Engineering; Electronic engineering
1. In a primary cell, the removal of the agents that have caused polarization. 2. The addition of a polarization-inhibiting substance to the electrolyte of a primary cell.
CW oscillator
Engineering; Electronic engineering
1. In a radio receiver, a variable-frequency oscillator that heterodynes a radiotelegraph signal in the intermediate-frequency (IF) amplifier chain, to make audible the continuous-wave dits and dahs. ...
diode feedback rectifier
Engineering; Electronic engineering
1. In a rectified-carrier, negative-feedback system for an amplitudemodulated (AM) transmitter, the diode that rectifies the modulated carrier and provides the audio envelope for use as ...
active material
Engineering; Electronic engineering
1. In a storage cell, the chemical material in the plates that provides the electrical action of the cell, as distinguished from the supporting material of the plates themselves. 2. A radioactive ...
