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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

button

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. Usually, a small switch that is actuated by finger pressure. It is also called pushbutton and pushbutton switch. Sometimes, the term is applied only to the insulated knob or pin which is pushed to ...

dither

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. Vibrate; quiver. 2. The condition of vibration or quivering (e.g., the dither of a meter pointer). 3. To blend pixels in a digitized image to obtain various shades and colors.

drift

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. Within a conductor or semiconductor, the controlled, directed movement of charge carriers resulting from an applied electric field. 2. A usually gradual and undesirable change in a quantity, such ...

achromatic

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. Without color. In a TV image, the tones from black through gray to white. The term occasionally refers to black-and-white television, although monochromatic is more often used in this sense.

astatic

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. Without fixed position or direction. 2. In a state of neutral equilibrium.

bell transformer

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A (usually inexpensive) step-down transformer that operates an electric bell or similar alarm or signaling device from the ac power line.

diagram

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A (usually line) drawing depicting a circuit, assembly, or organization. See, for example, block diagram and circuit diagram.

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