... PROCESSING.adsorption Adhesion of a thin layer of molecules of one substance to the surface of another withoutabsorption. An example is adsorption of water tothe surface of a dielectric. This term is often con-fused ... gravitationalfield of the earth. Used for the precise determina-tion of current of large dimension, or of the size of the ampere.ampere-hour Abbreviations: Ah, amp-hr. Thequantity of electricity ... Abbreviation of airborne (or aircraft) earlywarning.aF Abbreviation of ATTOFARAD.AF Abbreviation of AUDIO FREQUENCY.AFC 1. Abbreviation of AUTOMATIC FREQUENCYCONTROL. 2. Abbreviation of AUDIO-FRE-QUENCY...
... determination of the direction of a source of electromagnetic energy, on account of the motion of the source and/or the detectingapparatus. 3. A small displacement in the appar-ent positions of the ... PM Page 7This page intentionally left blank.The Illustrated Dictionary of ElectronicsFront 4/9/01 4:38 PM Page iThe Illustrated Dictionary of ElectronicsEighth EditionStan GibiliscoEditor-in-ChiefMcGraw-HillNew ... magnetic equator. An imag-inary line drawn on a map of the world or of anarea that connects points of zero inclination (dip) of the needle of a magnetic compass.ACM Abbreviation for Association...
... PROCESSING.adsorption Adhesion of a thin layer of molecules of one substance to the surface of another withoutabsorption. An example is adsorption of water tothe surface of a dielectric. This term is often con-fused ... gravitationalfield of the earth. Used for the precise determina-tion of current of large dimension, or of the size of the ampere.ampere-hour Abbreviations: Ah, amp-hr. Thequantity of electricity ... Abbreviation of airborne (or aircraft) earlywarning.aF Abbreviation of ATTOFARAD.AF Abbreviation of AUDIO FREQUENCY.AFC 1. Abbreviation of AUTOMATIC FREQUENCYCONTROL. 2. Abbreviation of AUDIO-FRE-QUENCY...
... PROCESSING.adsorption Adhesion of a thin layer of molecules of one substance to the surface of another withoutabsorption. An example is adsorption of water tothe surface of a dielectric. This term is often con-fused ... from the target.angle of arrival The angle which the line of propa-gation of an incoming radio wave makes with thesurface of the earth. Compare ANGLE OF DE-PARTURE.angle of azimuth The horizontal ... Abbreviation of airborne (or aircraft) earlywarning.aF Abbreviation of ATTOFARAD.AF Abbreviation of AUDIO FREQUENCY.AFC 1. Abbreviation of AUTOMATIC FREQUENCYCONTROL. 2. Abbreviation of AUDIO-FRE-QUENCY...
... determination of the direction of a source of electromagnetic energy, on account of the motion of the source and/or the detectingapparatus. 3. A small displacement in the appar-ent positions of the ... measurement of current Measurement of a current directly in terms of defining quan-tities. 1. TANGENT GALVANOMETER method:Current is proportional to the tangent of the an-gle of deflection of the ... magnetic equator. An imag-inary line drawn on a map of the world or of anarea that connects points of zero inclination (dip) of the needle of a magnetic compass.ACM Abbreviation for Association...
... Page 8This page intentionally left blank.The Illustrated Dictionary of ElectronicsFront 4/9/01 4:38 PM Page xiiiThe Illustrated Dictionary of ElectronicsEighth EditionStan GibiliscoEditor-in-ChiefMcGraw-HillNew ... measurement of current Measurement of a current directly in terms of defining quan-tities. 1. TANGENT GALVANOMETER method:Current is proportional to the tangent of the an-gle of deflection of the ... determination of the direction of a source of electromagnetic energy, on account of the motion of the source and/or the detectingapparatus. 3. A small displacement in the appar-ent positions of the...
... PROCESSING.adsorption Adhesion of a thin layer of molecules of one substance to the surface of another withoutabsorption. An example is adsorption of water tothe surface of a dielectric. This term is often con-fused ... from the target.angle of arrival The angle which the line of propa-gation of an incoming radio wave makes with thesurface of the earth. Compare ANGLE OF DE-PARTURE.angle of azimuth The horizontal ... TheALPHA or BETA of a bipolar transistor. 4. In the operation of an electron tube, the ratio of the derivative (instantaneous rate of change) of the plate voltage to the derivative of the grid volt-age,...
... this is a species of dishonesty as offensive as any we might discover in a man” (Scruton 1973, 335). While we may not completely agree with the severity ofarchitecture s offense as according ... an air of the dignity or baseness of its previous function, whatever that may have been, and to ignore it is to ignore an important aspect of the building. V. THE BRIGHT SIDE OF REASSIGNMENT: ... word of clarification: for something to “not look right” means that some sensorial aspect of that thing does not match up with conceptions we have or are led to believe. In the case of architecture, ...
... symbol of Longevity and an attribute of Shou Hsing, the Taoist god of long life, one of the GODS OF HAPPINESS and of his Japanese counterpart Fuku-roku-jiu; also of HSI WANG MU, Queen Mother of ... ape of nature. It is an attribute of the Sanguine person, one of the FOUR TEMPERAMENTS; with fruit in its mouth, of Taste, one of the FIVE SENSES. Ass. Beast of burden of ... an attribute of the MUSES of history and comedy, Clio and Thalia; of Atropos, one of the THREE FATES; of Rhetoric, one of the SEVEN LIBERAL ARTS; in Christian art of the O.T. prophets...
... white crystalline sand, welldried, two parts of nitre, one part of filings of copper, one part of common salt and an eighth of salts of ammonia. The mixture ismelted in a crucible, then poured ... when a solution of bichloride of molybdenum is poured into a saturated, or nearly saturated,solution of molybdate of ammonia. A blue precipitate falls, whichis a molybdate of molybdic oxide, ... attention of the English-speakingworld (for example, Veliz, 1986) making the inclusion of some of those terms both useful and appropriate. Lastly, contemporaryanalytical studies of the artefacts of...
... CHRONOLOGYALLISON LEE PALMER HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF PALMERFor orders and information please contact the publisherSCARECROW PRESS, INC.A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman ... 1922–1924, Church of Notre Dame du RaincyCorbusier, Le (1887–1965): 1946–1952, Unité d’Habitation, MarseillesCHRONOLOGY •xxix Historical Dictionary of Architecture Allison Lee Palmer Historical Dictionaries ... permission of the publisher.British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information AvailableLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataPalmer, Allison Lee, 1963– Historical dictionaryof architecture...