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 6 of 11: from “layout” to “nodal analysis”.
- layout noun A specification of an integrated circuit showing the position of the physical components that will implement the schematic in silicon.
- lead noun The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- leg noun A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.
- let through noun A transient voltage spike that is allowed to pass through a power conditioning unit to the load
- level-triggered adj Describing a circuit or component whose output is sensitive to changes of the inputs only so long as the clock input's signal is high.
- Li-ion noun Abbreviation of lithium ion battery.
- limiter noun A circuit that allows signals below a specified input threshold to pass unaffected while attenuating the peaks of stronger signals.
- line card noun A modular electronic circuit designed to fit on a separate PCB and interface with a telecommunications access network.
- line conductor noun A wire or cable that transports electrical current from the power supply to the consumer, usually color-coded with a brown or black casing.
- lithium ion battery noun A type of rechargeable battery containing lithium compounds but not elemental lithium, used in many consumer electronics devices.
- live conductor noun Any conductor carrying electrical current.
- live wire noun An electrical wire through which there is a flow of electrical current.
- load noun The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
- load bank noun A piece of electrical test equipment used to simulate an electrical load, to test an electric power source without connecting it to its…
- load factor noun The mean load over a given time period divided by the peak load occurring during the same time period, providing a measure of how…
- local loop noun The physical link or circuit that connects from the demarcation point of the customer premises to the edge of the common carrier or…
- locked adj Bound to a carrier.
- locking shift noun A state-dependent encoding mechanism used in data communication (such as GSM SMS) and character encoding standards to switch between…
- Lorenz gauge noun A partial gauge fixing of the electromagnetic vector potential, used to eliminate the redundant spin-0 component in the (1/2,1/2)…
- lossful adj Lossy; involving loss of information.
- lossless junction noun An interconnection point between components or transmission lines where the total power or energy entering the junction is exactly equal to…
- lossy adj Of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength.
- lost neutral noun A dangerous situation where the neutral wire in a split-phase power system becomes broken or disconnected, forcing all electrical current…
- low wire noun A cable carrying electrical power at fifty volts or less.
- low-powered adj Possessing little power or capacity.
- lowpass adj Describing a filter, circuit, or system that rejects or attenuates a frequencies above a specified value while passing those be.
- LUDs noun local usage details; a list of locally called numbers, often provided by telecom companies to the police as part of an investigation.
- lug noun A device for terminating an electrical conductor to facilitate the mechanical connection; to the conductor it may be crimped to form a cold…
- machine noun An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
- magnetic equator noun A line drawn on a map or chart connecting all points at which the magnetic dip (or magnetic inclination) is zero for a specified epoch.
- magnetic moment noun The torque exerted on a magnet within a magnetic field; a vector, being the product of the strength of the magnet and the distance between…
- magnetic strip noun A strip of magnetic material on which data is stored for later retrieval and reading by an electronic device.
- magneto-optic effect noun The property changes (i.e. polarization, spectrum, phase, intensity) in an electromagnetic wave when it propagates through a medium that…
- magneto-optic Kerr effect noun A magneto-optic effect in which light is reflected from a magnetized surface and may change both polarization and reflected intensity.
- mailgram noun A telegraphic message transmitted electronically from the sender to a post office and then printed and delivered to the recipient via…
- major appliance noun A nonportable or semiportable machine used for routine housekeeping tasks such as cooking, washing laundry, or food preservation.
- make-before-break adj Of a switch or other electronic device, that creates a new electrical connection before an older one is broken.
- male-to-female adj That changes a male end (with pins, usually a plug) of a connection into a female one (usually a socket).
- Manchester coding noun A line code in which the encoding of each data bit has at least one transition and occupies the same time.
- mapper noun A software or hardware component that performs a mapping.
- matrix noun A grid-like arrangement of electronic components, especially one intended for information coding, decoding or storage.
- matrixing noun An electronic procedure to generate a signal from multiple signal inputs, for example quadraphonic encoding into two channels.
- MC noun Initialism of moving coil, a type of phono cartridge.
- McIntire joint noun An electrical connection spliced together by means of a sleeve (double tube of copper for this purpose).
- mechanical splice noun A junction of two or more optical fibres aligned and held in place by a small self-contained assembly.
- medium scale integration noun An integration type for digital circuits that contain hundreds of transistors providing dozens of logic gates per chip.
- meet-me room noun A place within a co-location centre where telecommunications companies can physically connect to one another and exchange data without…
- memory bank noun A hardware-dependent logical unit of storage in an electronic.
- memory chip noun A RAM, ROM, PROM, EPROM or EEPROM microchip that can be plugged into a personal computer to provide temporary or permanent memory.
- memory effect noun The situation in which nickel-cadmium rechargeable batteries gradually lose their maximum energy capacity if they are repeatedly recharged…
- mercury arc rectifier noun A rectifier which converts alternating current to direct current, using a cathode tube with a pool of liquid mercury. Now superseded by…
- mesa noun a structure with components rising above the insulating substrate that surrounds it
- mesh noun In mesh analysis: a loop in an electric circuit (to which Kirchhoff's voltage law can be applied).
- mesh analysis noun A method of solving for the currents in an electric circuit, in which a system of equations is written for mesh currents (using Kirchhoff's…
- mesh current noun In mesh analysis: a construct representing a component of current associated with a particular mesh (loop); the real current on a wire is…
- mica insulator noun A sheet of electric insulator material made from mica placed between a power semiconductor device and the heat sink.
- microcircuit noun An electronic device, usually fabricated by photolithography, that is very small and implements several components or their equivalent; an…
- microcontroller noun A microcomputer on a single chip, used to control some device such as an automobile engine or a toy.
- microphonics noun The phenomenon where certain components in electronic devices transform mechanical vibrations into an unwanted electrical signal.
- middle mile noun The segment of a telecommunications network linking an operator's core network to the local network plant.
- midframe adj During a frame; before the completion of a discrete chunk of data.
- Miller effect noun The increase in the equivalent input capacitance of an inverting voltage amplifier due to amplification of the effect of capacitance…
- minigrid noun A component consisting of conductive horizontal and vertical filaments woven together.
- misclock noun An error in the synchronization or coordination of the sequence or timing of actions by a device.
- mixer noun A nonlinear electrical circuit that creates new frequencies from two signals applied to it.
- mobile noun Ellipsis of mobile phone.
- mobile station noun All the user equipment (mobile phone, SIM card etc) and software needed for communication with a GSM network.
- mobile virtual network operator noun A provider of mobile telecommunications who does not operate any physical network infrastructure, but relies on contracting with physical…
- mode noun A wave pattern in the electromagnetic field.
- model-based design noun A mathematical and visual method of addressing problems associated with designing complex control, signal processing and communication…
- modulate verb To vary the amplitude, frequency or phase of a carrier wave in proportion to the amplitude etc of a source wave (such as speech or music).
- monophase adj Having a single phase of alternating current.
- monoscope noun A device that produced a single video image
- Morse code noun A character code represented by dots and dashes (or short and long pulses), originally used to send messages by telegraph, later by flashes…
- mot noun Initialism of microwave oven transformer.
- multiar noun A device which produces an output signal when a varying voltage applied at one input exceeds an adjustable constant voltage applied at…
- multigrid adj Having more than one grid electrode (of electronic vacuum tubes)
- multilink adj Of or pertaining to more than one telecommunications link.
- multinumber adj Relating to more than one telephone number.
- multipath noun A wireless propagation phenomenon that results in a signal reaching the receiving antenna by two or more paths.
- multiplexer noun A device that combines several input signals into a single output signal.
- multipoint adj Connecting multiple service points.
- multivibrator noun An electronic circuit used to implement a variety of simple two-state systems such as oscillators, timers, and flip-flops.
- N-facility noun In the Open Systems Interconnection-Reference Model (OSI-RM), the transfer of data from one layer (N) to the next higher layer (N+1).
- nacelle noun The part between the rotor and tower of a wind turbine.
- NC noun Initialism of noise control.
- near field noun The region within about half a wavelength from an electrically small antenna. More specifically it is the region within the radiansphere.
- negative logic noun The use of the higher(positive) voltage level to represent the Boolean value 0 and the lower voltage(negative) level to represent the…
- neper noun A non-SI unit of the attenuation (or sometimes gain) of field and power quantities such as electronic signals; the natural logarithm of a…
- net noun A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.
- net zero adj Of a building or system, generating as much energy through solar, wind, and other renewable resources as it uses from the electricity…
- neutral conductor noun A wire or cable that returns electrical current from the consumer to the power supply, usually color-coded with a blue or white casing.
- neutral section noun A dead section of overhead line for supplying power to trains between two live sections, used to separate two power supplies, different…
- nigger noun An impurity in the covering of an electrical conductor which serves to make a partial short circuit, and thus becomes sufficiently heated…
- night letter noun A telegram sent overnight at a reduced rate for delivery on the morning of the following day, typically with a minimum charge for 25 words…
- Nixie tube noun An obsolete electronic device for displaying numerals or other information by means of glow discharge.
- nMOS noun A MOSFET with an n-type channel (a semiconductor doped with an element creating a surplus of electron carriers).
- nMOSFET noun A type of metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) that utilizes an n-type channel, conducting when a voltage voltage…
- no-load adj Not supplying power; open-circuited.
- nodal analysis noun A method of solving for the voltages of nodes in an electric circuit, in which a system of equations is written for the currents (using…