General science

General science

A variety of science subjects concerning the fundamental knowledge about different aspects of our world and their underlying principles.

Industry: Science

Add a new term

Contributors in General science

Become a Contributors

General science

A device that makes, breaks, or changes the course of an electric circuit. Basically, an electric switch consists of two or more contacts mounted on an insulating structure and arranged so that they ...

gravity meter

Science; General science

A device that measures local acceleration due to the Earth's gravity; it is also called a gravimeter. Such instruments fall into two categories: relative gravity meters, which are used to determine ...

digital computer

Science; General science

A device that processes numerical information; more generally, any device that manipulates symbolic information according to specified computational procedures. The term digital computer—or simply, ...

electrical noise generator

Science; General science

A device that produces electrical noise for use in electrical measurements. Electrical noise generators are commonly employed to measure the noise figure or noise temperature of radio receivers. ...

automatic horizon

Science; General science

A device that provides the pilot with symbols representative of the attitude of an aircraft relative to an artificial horizon. In an automatic or artificial horizon a vertical gyro moves a horizon ...

computer

Science; General science

A device that receives, processes, and presents information. The two basic types of computers are analog and digital. Although generally not regarded as such, the most prevalent computer is the ...

demodulator

Science; General science

A device that recovers from a transmitted signal information that has been embedded in the signal by a process of modulation. The modification of a usually sinusoidal electrical carrier signal (or ...