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 7 of 11: from “node” to “prescaler”.
- node noun A region of an electric circuit connected only by (ideal) wires (i.e. the voltage between any two points on the same node must be zero).
- non-essential prime implicant noun On a Karnaugh map: a prime implicant which does not cover any 1 which cannot covered by some other prime implicant.
- nonrepudiation noun An assurance that the claimed sender or recipient is in fact the party who sent or received a given message.
- north pole noun The positive pole of a magnetic dipole that seeks geographic north.
- northbridge noun A microchip connected directly to the CPU (unlike the southbridge) and thus responsible for tasks that require the highest performance.
- notch noun A portion of a mobile phone that overlaps the edge of the screen, used to house a camera, sensors etc. while maximizing screen space.
- NPN noun Ellipsis of NPN transistor.
- off time noun The time interval when no current flows.
- offload verb To use a complementary network technology to deliver data originally targeted for cellular networks.
- offset time noun In optical burst switching, the amount of time between the burst header and the control packet.
- ohmic resistance noun That portion of the apparent resistance or impedance of a circuit which depends only upon the dimensions of the conductors, their…
- ol noun open line (open circuit, no continuity).
- omnidirectional adj Having a ring-shaped radiation pattern, with equal radiation in all azimuthal directions.
- on silent adj A setting on an electronic device that prevents it from producing noise when it receives a call or a message, such as an alert or a…
- one shot noun A monostable multivibrator.
- online service provider noun Any company, organization, or group that provides services over the Internet, including web hosting, Internet access, social media…
- open noun A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.
- operating time noun The time interval between the instant a request for service is received from a user and the instant of final release of all facilities by…
- or conj A logic gate to implement inclusive or.
- order noun A power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
- out of power prep_phrase Lacking electrical power.
- out-of-band adj Taking place outside of a defined telecommunications frequency band.
- out-of-band signaling noun A type of transmission technology in which signaling is separate from the data being transmitted, using one or more channels for…
- out-of-battery adj In battery-powered electronics, devoid of any power.
- output noun The amount of power produced by a particular system.
- overbuilder noun A company that uses or builds on an existing telecommunications operator’s network (which includes telco and cable networks). These are…
- overcurrent protective device noun A device, usually a fuse, polyfuse, or circuit breaker, intended to detect and stop an overcurrent condition.
- overmodulation noun The condition where the instantaneous level of the modulating signal exceeds the value necessary to produce 100% modulation of the carrier…
- overpulse noun An electric pulse that spikes above normal operating levels.
- overscaling noun Adjustment of a parameter to exceed a normal limit
- overtrip noun An instance of overtripping.
- pad noun The amount by which a signal has been reduced.
- pad down verb To reduce a signal.
- page verb To contact (someone) by means of a pager or other mobile device.
- pager noun A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.
- parasitic noun A component of a circuit that does not show up in a circuit's schematic but does show up in the circuit's behavior.
- parasitic element noun A circuit element or property that is present within an electrical component, and has a negative effect on the performance of the circuit.
- party line noun A single telephone line which is shared by two or more households. Formerly common from the inception of telephony (1880s) through the…
- pass transistor noun A transistor used as a switch to pass logic levels between nodes of a circuit, instead of as a switch connected directly to a supply…
- passive noun Any component that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.
- passthrough noun As of a signal through a device or network.
- paster noun A diagram of the circuitry of a telephone, glued inside the telephone itself.
- PDLC noun polymer dispersed liquid crystal.
- pecker noun A kind of V-shaped telegraphic relay.
- pedestal noun A ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables.
- penny verb To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse…
- permittance noun The power of a dielectric to permit or enhance induction.
- permutator noun A special form of rotary converter with stationary commutator and rotating brushes, in which the exciting field is induced by the…
- person-to-person adj Of a telephone call, such that the caller is only connected and charged if the person he specified is available to speak.
- phase noun In a polyphase electrical power system, one of the power-carrying conductors, or the alternating current carried by it.
- phase angle noun Angular component of the vector representation of a sinusoid.
- phone tree noun An interactive hierarchical menu of choices on an automated telephone system, navigated by the caller typically by entering or speaking…
- phonic wheel noun A synchronous motor driven by a tuning fork that used an electromagnet to rotate the cogwheel of the motor by one tooth for each vibration.
- phonopore noun An invention allowing telephonic voice communications to be transmitted over existing Morse code telegraph infrastructure.
- photochop verb To convert, by chopping, a DC (or slowly varying AC) input signal into a higher frequency signal.
- photomultiplier tube noun A type of vacuum tube that detects electromagnetic radiation in the range from ultraviolet to infrared, including the visible spectrum, and…
- photoresistor noun An electronic component whose resistance is inversely proportional to the intensity of incident light.
- picocell noun A wireless communication system covering a small area, such as a single office or railway station, often used to extend cellular network…
- picture tube noun In a television set, before the development of LED screens, the cathode ray tube which produced moving images on its surface.
- pigtail verb To connect wires of a circuit by means of a short additional wire.
- pigtailed adj Connected by means of a short additional wire.
- pilot noun A tone or signal, usually a single frequency, transmitted over a communications system for control or synchronization purposes.
- pin noun Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
- pinout noun The manner in which an electrical connector or device is wired; the list of signals that correspond to each pin or output.
- pizza dish noun A Kᵤ-band satellite dish used by direct broadcast satellite systems, ranging from 18 to 31 inches in diameter.
- plate noun A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.
- player noun An electronic device that plays audio or video media.
- plug noun A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
- pMOSFET noun A type of metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) that utilizes an p-type channel, conducting when a voltage voltage…
- PNP noun Ellipsis of PNP transistor.
- point-to-point adj Being or relating to a method of manually constructing electronic circuits prior to automation and printed circuit boards, where components…
- polarity noun A measure of the electrical potential at the ends of a circuit. ᵂᵖ
- polarization charge noun An electric charge that appears on the surface or within a dielectric material due to the polarization process induced by an external…
- pole noun A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
- Polybius square noun A character code represented by two sets of six lit torches, used to send messages character by character, in a two point visual fire…
- polyphase adj Of, pertaining to, or involving multiple alternating currents that have the same frequency but differ in phase.
- polyphase circuit noun A group of alternating current circuits having two or more interrelated voltages, usually of equal amplitudes, phase differences, and…
- polysilicon noun Polycrystalline silicon: A polycrystalline form of silicon used in some solid-state devices, especially solar cells.
- populate verb To fill initially empty slots or sockets on a circuit board or similar.
- port verb To carry or transfer (an existing telephone number) from one service provider to another.
- position noun A pin; a connector.
- positive logic noun The use of the higher voltage level to represent the Boolean value 1 and the lower voltage level to represent the Boolean value 0. For…
- post office box noun A test instrument once used by telephone engineers.
- post-transistor adj belonging to the time (late 1960s) after individual transistors were replaced by integrated circuits
- pot verb To package a circuit by encasing it in resin.
- potentiometer noun A user-adjustable three-terminal variable resistor that can be used as a voltage divider.
- power alley noun The line between two subwoofers where both are in phase.
- power brick noun A power supply for an electronic device which is similar in size, shape, and weight of a brick, which plugs into the device using a cord…
- power consumption noun The amount of power used multiplied by the amount of time, measured either in kilowatt-hours, horsepower-hours, etc.
- power electronics noun A technology and engineering field within electronics, concerning electric power delivery and distribution.
- power factor noun The ratio of the actual power to the apparent power in an alternating current power system; specifically, the cosine of the phase angle…
- power to gas noun The storing of generated electrical power as a gaseous substance, usually by electrolyzing water into hydrogen and oxygen gases and…
- power-cycle verb To turn a device off and then back on again, usually to restore proper function by forcing a malfunctioning or unresponsive device to reset…
- power-hungry adj Of a device, using or requiring a large amount of electrical power.
- Poynting vector noun The vector obtained in the direction of a right-hand screw from the cross product (vector product) of the electric field vector rotated…
- PR noun Abbreviation of preset.
- prebaking noun surface modification by heating prior to another operation
- precursor adj Caused by the following symbol.
- prefix noun A set of digits placed before a telephone number, to indicate where the number is based, what type of phone number it is (landline, mobile…
- prescaler noun A counting circuit used to reduce a high-frequency electrical signal to a lower frequency by integer division.