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  • bandwidth: of a measuring system: difference between the upper and lower frequencies passed by the system; the bandwidth determines the ability of a system to follow variations in the quantity being measured
    Category: News-systems and communications

  • bandwidth: extent of a continuous range of frequencies over which the gain does not differ from its maximum value by more than a specified amount
    Category: News-systems and communications

  • bandwidth: A spring-mass-dashpot,i.e.a spring mass system to which is attached some means of damping the motion,will move in response to a wide range of wave frequencies.The bandwidth is a meas ure of the range of frequencies.
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • bandwidth: the difference,expressed in Hertz(Hz),between the highest and lowest frequencies of a transmission channel
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • bandwidth: number of Hz between limits of frequency band
    Category: News-systems and communications

  • bandwidth: of an optical fibre:that value numerically equal to the lowest modulation frequency at which the magnitude of the baseband transfer function of an optical fibre decreases to a specified fraction,generally to one half,of the zero frequency value
    Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

  • bandwidth: in referring to circuits for sound-programme transmission,the nominal bandwidth of the circuit or circuit-section is indicated by quoting the top nominal frequency in kilohertz that is effectively transmitted
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • bandwidth-limited: condition prevailing when the system bandwidth,rather than the amplitude(or power)of the signal,limits performance.The condition is reached when the system distorts the shape of the waveform beyond specified limits
    Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

  • bandwith: time between the earliest permitted start of work and the latest permitted finish
    Category: Labour

  • Bidwell: 2)an afterimage,which,after a dark interval,follows the first positive afterimage
    Category: Medicine

  • breadwinner: person who earns a living for himself and his dependants
    Category: Insurance

  • budworm: a larva of the moth family Tortricidae(lepidoptera)that feeds on and in buds and young shoots
    Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

  • chordwise: parallel to chord(normally also to longitudinal axis)
    Category: Transport

  • chordwise: parallel to chord(normally also to the longitudinal axis)
    Category: Mechanical engineering

  • cordwood: wood that is cut into short lengths,usually measured in cords and commonly used for pulp or fuel
    Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

  • deadwood: timber produced from dead standing trees
    Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

  • deadwork: That part of a vessel`s hull which is above water when it is laden.
    Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

  • deadwork: that part of a vessel`s hull which is above water
    Category: Transport

  • deadworks: That part of a vessel`s hull which is above water when it is laden.
    Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

  • deadworks: that part of a vessel`s hull which is above water
    Category: Transport

  • DW: the difference in tonnes between the displacement of a ship on summer load-line in water with a specific gravity of 1,025 and the total weight of the ship,i.e.the displacement in tonnes of a ship without cargo,fuel,lubricating oil,ballast water,fresh water and drinking water in the tanks,usable supplies as well as passengers,crew and their possessions
    Category: Transport

  • dwell: a time delay of established duration, not cyclic or sequential; it does not constitute an interlock or hold
    Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

  • dwell: the time allowed for current to build in the primary circuit of the ignition coil for each spark generation
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • dwell: a programmed time delay of variable duration
    Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

  • dwelling: a building,or part thereof,forming separate self-contained premises,designed to be occupied by a single family for residential use
    Category: Land and property

  • dwelling: a building used wholly or mainly as dwelling
    Category: Commerce - movement of goods

  • edward: a severe chromosome abnormality where the child has an extra chromosome 18 in every cell
    Category: Medicine

  • edwards: a severe chromosome abnormality where the child has an extra chromosome 18 in every cell
    Category: Medicine

  • extended-bandwidth: in the amateur service,a system operating at low multiples of voice bandwidths(high deviation voice frequency FM and data/control systems are examples of this technique)
    Category: News-systems and communications

  • fedwire: the payment service operated by the United States Federal Reserve System as a private wire network for transfers between financial institutions having accounts at the Federal Reserve Bank
    Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs

  • feedwater: the water,previously treated to remove air and impurities,which is supplied to a boiler for evaporation
    Category: Nuclear industry (with applied atomic and nuclear physics)

  • fieldwork: a work done in the field (as by students) to gain practical experience through firsthand observation. The gathering of...data through the interviewing of subject in the field.
    Category: Labour

  • fieldworker: one who works in the field....to gain practical experience through firsthand observation,..one who gathers..data through the interviewing of subjects in the field.
    Category: Medicine

  • fieldworker: one who works in the field....to gain practical experience through firsthand observation,..one who gathers..data through the interviewing of subjects in the field.
    Category: Labour

  • fieldworker: one who works in the field....to gain practical experience through firsthand observation,..one who gathers..data through the interviewing of subjects in the field.
    Category: General

  • Gondwana: Southern half of Pangea that included Africa, Australia, South America, Antarctica and India
    Category: The cosmos

  • goodwill: the account showing the value of intangible assets that benefit the development of the business`s operations,e.g.customer base
    Category: Commerce - movement of goods

  • goodwill: the value that a business has over and above the stock in trade and the money invested in it
    Category: Commerce - movement of goods

  • goodwill: is the intangible asset most frequently found in industrial balance sheets.
    Category: Economics

  • goodwill: the excess of the value of a business over its net worth...such as geographical situation, monopoly powers, technical know-how, etc....value...arrived at by a calculation known as `capitalisation of s uperprofits`..
    Category: Management in the public and private sector

  • groundwater: all water which is below the surface of the ground in the saturation zone and in direct contact with the ground or subsoil
    Category: The cosmos

  • groundwater: Subsurface water occupying the cavities and interstices beneath the land surface.
    Category: The cosmos

  • handwork: work done by hand rather than by machine
    Category: Technical and industry in general

  • hardwall: Stand constructed with plywood or similar material as opposed to one formed by drapery only.
    Category: General

  • hardwall: a plaster made of hemihydrate or insoluble anhydrite,used neat or in mortar gauged with a low water/plaster ratio and containing additives(plasticizers,...)
    Category: Building industry

  • hardware: all metal pieces used for jointing, moving or operational parts of the window
    Category: General

  • hardware: all metal parts used with parachutes
    Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure

  • hardware: the physical components of a circuit or system,both passive and active
    Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

  • hardware: physical equipment used in data processing,as opposed to programs,procedures,rules and associated documentation
    Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

  • hardware: items made of metal,such as tools,fittings,fasteners,and appliances
    Category: General



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