This page gathers the 1,081 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Electrical engineering”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 4 of 11: from “drop” to “gating”.
- drop noun An overhead electrical line running from a utility pole to a customer's building or other premises.
- DTE noun Distance to Empty
- DTM adj Synonym of D2M: Initialism of direct-to-mobile.
- dual-frequency adj Able to operate on two different electrical frequencies.
- duobinary adj Being, or pertaining to, a bipolar encoding in which the ones are represented alternately by positive and negative voltages.
- duplex adj Bidirectional (in two directions).
- duplexer noun A device that enables communication in two directions over a single path.
- duty cycle noun The ratio between the amount of time in which the clock's signal is high and the clock's period.
- dwell noun A planned delay in a timed control program.
- dwell time noun The amount of time that an antenna beam spends on a target.
- dynamic IP address noun An IP address which changes periodically, when each time a user connects to their internet service provider.
- dynamo noun An electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine.
- e- prefix Used to prefix items that are embedded into devices, instead of being discrete or removable elements.
- Early effect noun The variation in the effective width of the base in a bipolar junction transistor due to a variation in the applied base-to-collector…
- eavesdropping noun The interception of electronic communication.
- edge noun Acronym of Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution.
- edge-triggered adj Describing a circuit or component which is either positive-edge-triggered or negative-edge-triggered.
- elaboration noun The process of taking a parsed tree of an abstract integrated circuit definition in a language such as Verilog and creating a hierarchy of…
- electric current noun A net unidirectional movement of electrons, or other charge carriers, caused by a potential difference.
- electric field noun A region of space around a charged particle, or between two voltages, which exerts a force on charged objects in its vicinity.
- electric main noun The principal or main electrical supply line that distributes electricity from the utility grid to a building or home.
- electrical bus noun Synonym of bus (“an electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components”)
- electrogyro noun A unit that works first as a motor, taking energy from an electrical supply and converting it into kinetic energy which is stored in…
- electron tube noun Any of several electronic devices that control electron current through vacuum, gas or vapor between electrodes within a sealed container…
- electrophoresis noun The migration of electrically charged molecules through a medium under the influence of an electric field.
- eme adj Initialism of
- emitter noun One terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
- emitter-coupled logic noun A logic family that achieves high speed by using an overdriven BJT differential amplifier with single-ended input.
- eMMC noun An embedded (“integrated, non-removable”) MMC (“MultiMediaCard”). An electronic memory module designed to be integrated into devices…
- enable verb To put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse.
- endpoint noun The entity at one end of a connection.
- engaged tone noun An audible signal to the calling party that indicates failure to complete the requested connection; a busy signal.
- envelope noun A curve that bounds another curve or set of curves, as the modulation envelope of an amplitude-modulated carrier wave in electronics.
- envelope detector noun An electronic circuit that takes a relatively high-frequency amplitude modulated signal as input and provides as output the demodulated…
- equalizer noun An electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.
- erlang noun A dimensionless statistical measure of the volume of telecommunications traffic relative to the capacity of a single channel.
- error verb To show or contain an error or fault.
- escape character noun A single metacharacter, usually a control code, which in a sequence of characters signifies that what is to follow takes an alternative…
- escape sequence noun An escape character together with subsequent characters, not output as written, but specifying a particular behaviour.
- essential prime implicant noun A prime implicant on a Karnaugh map which "covers" at least one 1 which is not covered by any other prime implicant.
- evanescent adj Of an oscillating electric or magnetic field: not propagating as an electromagnetic wave but having its energy spatially concentrated in…
- exchange noun A central office.
- exit code noun A sequence of digits that must be dialled before the target number when placing an international call from a given country.
- ext noun extension
- extension noun A numerical code used to indicate a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.
- extension cord noun An electrical cord with a plug one end, and a single socket or a multi-port socket at the other end, used for powering one or more devices…
- extension reel noun An extension lead that rolls up, usually into the socket end, which in some cases has more than one socket on it (often 2 or 4).
- eye pattern noun An oscilloscope display of a data signal passed through a transmission line, clocked synchronously to the data symbols; used to analyze the…
- fab intj Used to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood.
- fade in verb To commence with silence in a song and then slowly increase the volume of the music until the intro of the song is over.
- fade out verb To decrease in volume, such as at the end of a song, until there is only silence.
- fall time noun The amount of time taken for the amplitude of a pulse to decrease from a specified value to another specified value.
- false verb To incorrectly decode noise as if it were a valid signal.
- far field adj Of or pertaining to the far field.
- fast busy signal noun An audible signal on a voice phone line that sounds more frequently than a standard busy signal, indicating that no transmission path to…
- fast telegram noun A telegram sent during either the day or night at a full rate for immediate delivery, typically with a minimum charge for 10 words or less.
- federated adj Interconnected, as a federation or supernetwork of independent and interoperable services.
- federation noun A collection of network or telecommunication providers that offer interoperability.
- feed through noun A hermetically sealed connection between two volumes.
- feedback noun The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system.
- feeder station noun A facility that takes power from the national grid and feeds it to overhead electrification lines on a railway.
- female-to-male adj That changes a female end (usually a socket) of a connection into a male one (with pins, usually a plug).
- femtocell noun A wireless communication system, smaller than a picocell, typically designed for use in a home or small business.
- field noun Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal.
- field coil noun An electromagnet, consisting of a coil of wire through which a current flows, used to generate a magnetic field in an electromagnetic…
- field emission display noun a flat panel display technology that uses large-area field electron sources to provide electrons that strike coloured phosphors to produce…
- field-programmable gate array noun a gate array designed to be configured by the customer or designer after manufacturing in the field, i.e. after manufacturing.
- firm error noun A type of error where a signal or datum becomes wrong and remains wrong until the equipment is power-cycled, but does not physically damage…
- first-order hold noun A mathematical model of the practical reconstruction of sampled signals that could be done by a conventional digital-to-analog converter…
- flap verb To be advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.
- flapping noun The situation where a resource, a network destination, etc., is advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by…
- flash noun Ellipsis of hook flash.
- flash cut noun A change made to a complex system with immediate effect, one made without a phase-in period.
- flashcard noun A solid-state digital memory storage format, commonly found on computers, digital cameras and cellphones.
- flashover voltage noun The voltage at which an electric discharge occurs between two electrodes that are separated by an insulator.
- flatpack noun A surface-mounted circuit board with leads attached in the plane of the board.
- flip-flop noun A bistable; an electronic switching circuit that has either two stable states (switching between them in response to a trigger) or a stable…
- float verb To be not connected or referenced to a known reference voltage.
- floating ground noun A reference point for electric potential in a circuit which is not connected to the actual earth ground.
- floor plan noun A layout representation of where the major functional blocks of an integrated circuit will be physically placed.
- flutter noun The distortion in a cassette recording, especially the distortion caused by variations in the speed of the magnetic tape due to sticking…
- fold down verb To downmix.
- form verb To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead…
- forward echo noun The propagation of a signal reflection in the same direction as the original signal and consisting of energy reflected back by one…
- forward link noun In radio communications, the link from a fixed location (e.g., a base station) to a mobile user. If the link includes a communications…
- Fourier transform noun A particular integral transform that when applied to a function of time (such as a signal), converts the function to one that plots the…
- frame noun A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30 or 1/60 of a second.
- frame-alignment recovery time noun The amount of time that elapses between a valid frame alignment signal that is available at the receiving terminal equipment and the moment…
- frequency noun range of electromagnetic waves used for wireless communication in devices like radios, TVs and mobile phones
- frequency assignment noun An authorization, given by an administration, for a radio station to use a radio frequency or radio frequency channel under specified…
- frequency domain noun The analysis of mathematical functions or signals with respect to frequency, and possibly a phase, rather than time.
- frequency multiplier noun An electronic circuit that produces an output frequency that is an integral multiple of an input frequency.
- fuse noun A device to prevent excessive overcurrent from overload or short circuit in an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and…
- fuse wire noun the thin wire used in fuses. In old-style fuses a new piece of wire has to be inserted when the fuse blows.
- gain noun The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
- gate noun The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
- gate array noun an integrated circuit that is a prefabricated silicon chip circuit with no particular function except standard functions like NAND or NOR…
- gate off verb To turn something off by controlling its gate.
- gateway noun In wireless internet, an access point with additional software capabilities such as providing NAT and DHCP, which may also provide VPN…
- gating noun The control of the flow of signals based on certain conditions or criteria.