General science

General science

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

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A device that recovers or detects a signal from a phase-modulated carrier. A phase-modulating (PM) signal operating on a sinusoidal carrier can be recovered in a variety of ways by phase-modulation ...

vacuum pump

Science; General science

A device that reduces the pressure of a gas (usually air) in a container. When gas in a closed container is lowered from atmospheric pressure, the operation constitutes an increase in vacuum in this ...

aircraft collision avoidance system

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A device that reduces the risk of midair collision by providing advisories to the flight crew. It is known in the United States as a Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), and operates ...

spark plug

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A device that screws into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine to provide a pair of electrodes between which an electrical discharge is passed to ignite the combustible mixture. ...

instrument transformer

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A device that serves as an input source of currents and voltages from an electric power system to instruments, relays, meters, and control devices. The basic design is that of a transformer with the ...

phase modulator

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A device that shifts the phase of a sinusoidal carrier signal, c ( t ), in proportion to the instantaneous amplitude of the information signal, s ( t ). Since the definition of frequency is the ...

atomic clock

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A device that uses an internal resonance frequency of atoms (or molecules) to measure the passage of time. The terms atomic clock and atomic frequency standard are often used interchangeably. A ...