NPN

noun — 3 senses

NPN

noun
1

Business, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Electronics, Energy, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of NPN transistor.

  • An NPN, in conjunction with a PNP and resistors, can be used to create logic gates.
  • Light is transmitted from the color LED, through the fiber optic cable, to control the NPN transistor (Q2) and red LED (D1).2017 October 23, “Snap Circuits Light”, in Snap Circuits, Elenco, page 59:
2

Biology, Natural sciences Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of non-protein nitrogen.

3

Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of N-propyl nitrate.

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