This page gathers the 524 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Electronics”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 3 of 5: from “ground out” to “order”.
- ground out verb To provide proper grounding for a circuit.
- GST noun One of various compounds of germanium, antimony, and tellurium used as a phase change material, including GeSbTe.
- GTO noun Initialism of gate turn-off.
- Gunn effect noun The generation of high-frequency (usually microwave) oscillations within a semiconductor whenever an applied DC voltage exceeds its…
- Gunning transceiver logic noun A kind of logic signaling used to drive electronic backplane buses, having a voltage swing between 0.4 and 1.2 volts—much lower than that…
- hard error noun A type of error which persists even after power-cycling the equipment; associated with permanent physical damage to the equipment's…
- hard-wire verb To connect components by means of permanent electrical wires.
- hardware description language noun Any language from a class of computer, modeling, or specification languages for formal description and design of analogue or digital logic…
- hardwired adj Designed to perform a specific task.
- headroom noun The ability of a system to reproduce loud sounds free of distortion; dynamic headroom.
- high-level synthesis noun A design method that automatically transforms an algorithmic or behavioral description of a digital system, written in a high-level…
- highpass adj Describing a filter, circuit, or system that rejects or attenuates a frequencies below a specified value while passing those above.
- hold time noun The minimum amount of time for which the data input should be held steady after the clock event for reliable sampling.
- hot microphone noun A microphone that is activated (but not powered) by the sound of the user's voice, allowing it to pick up speech without having to be…
- howlround noun A high-pitched squeal produced by feedback when a microphone is too close to its connected speakers.
- HSYNC noun The horizontal synchronization signal incorporated in a video transmission, such as for a TV broadcast.
- hybrid noun An electronic circuit constructed of individual devices bonded to a substrate or PCB.
- implementation noun A result of implementing something; a finished product, system or device.
- in-plane switching noun A type of liquid crystal display (LCD) layered parallel between two glass pieces that is activated by an electric current to produce an…
- inductor noun A passive device that introduces inductance into an electrical circuit.
- input noun An input jack.
- interaxis adj Pertaining to the perpendicularity (or deviation therefrom) of a set of resolver windings when another set of windings is excited.
- interconnect noun An interconnection.
- interlace noun A technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal primarily on CRT devices without consuming extra bandwidth.
- interposer noun An electrical interface between one connection or socket and another, used to spread a connection to a wider pitch or to reroute it.
- interrupt noun An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.
- iris noun A constricted opening in the path inside a waveguide, used to form a resonator.
- jack noun A switch for a jack plug, a jackknife switch; (more generally) a socket used to connect a device to a circuit, network etc.
- jack in verb To insert an electronic coupling into a receptacle; to connect to something, whether involving a physical medium or not.
- jellybean part noun A commonly available electronic component that may be readily replaced with similar ones, often made by different manufacturers.
- jiffy noun The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).
- jumpered adj Fitted with a jumper.
- junction noun electrical junction: a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact.
- keepalive noun A short message sent by one device to another to check that the link between the two is operating, or to prevent this link from being…
- keybounce noun Multiple recorded keystrokes from a single press of a key on a computer keyboard due to poor electrical contact.
- kludge noun An improvised device, typically crudely constructed to test the validity of a principle before implementing a finished design.
- laminar adj In the form of thin flat electronic circuits, usually flexible
- land noun A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
- large scale integration noun An integration type for digital circuits that contain tens of thousands of transistors providing thousands of logic gates per chip.
- latch noun An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered.
- latch-up noun A kind of short circuit caused by the inadvertent creation of a low-impedance path between the power supply rails of a MOSFET circuit.
- latency noun A delay, an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence.
- layout noun A specification of an integrated circuit showing the position of the physical components that will implement the schematic in silicon.
- 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.
- lithium ion battery noun A type of rechargeable battery containing lithium compounds but not elemental lithium, used in many consumer electronics devices.
- lossless junction noun An interconnection point between components or transmission lines where the total power or energy entering the junction is exactly equal to…
- 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.
- magnetic strip noun A strip of magnetic material on which data is stored for later retrieval and reading by an electronic device.
- 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).
- 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.
- medium scale integration noun An integration type for digital circuits that contain hundreds of transistors providing dozens of logic gates per chip.
- 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…
- 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.
- 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.
- mode noun A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.
- 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).
- monoscope noun A device that produced a single video image
- 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)
- multivibrator noun An electronic circuit used to implement a variety of simple two-state systems such as oscillators, timers, and flip-flops.
- near field noun The region within about half a wavelength from an electrically small antenna. More specifically it is the region within the radiansphere.
- 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.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- open noun A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.
- order noun A power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.