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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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closed-core choke

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A choke coil wound on a closed core. Also called closed-core inductor. Laminated core Primary Secondary

diode chopper

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A chopper using an alternately biased diode as the switching element.

deion circuit breaker

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A circuit breaker in which the arc occurring when the contacts open is quickly extinguished by an external magnetic device.

dc circuit breaker

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A circuit breaker operated by direct-current overload or underload, depending on its design and application.

automatic trip

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A circuit breaker that automatically opens a circuit.

double-throw circuit breaker

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A circuit breaker that closes in both its pull-in and dropout positions.

disposable component

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A circuit component or machine part that is so inexpensive that it is more cost-effective to discard it than to repair it when it fails.

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