| Anode |
The
positively charged electrode by which the electrons leave a device |
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| Battery |
A container consisting of one or more cells,
in which chemical energy is converted into electricity and used as a source
of power. |
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| Bobbin |
A spoollike form around which a coil of insulated wire is wound toprovide an inductance |
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| Capacitor |
A device used to store an
electric charge, consisting of one or more pairs of conductors separated by
an insulator |
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| Cathode |
The
negatively charged electrode by which electrons enter an electrical device. |
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| Cell |
A device that generates electrical energy from
chemical energy |
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| Circuit |
The complete path of an electric current,including the generating apparatus, intervening resistors, orcapacitors. |
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| Current |
The time rate of flow of
electric charge, in the direction that a positive moving charge would take
and having magnitude equal to the quantity of charge per unit time |
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| Diode
bridge |
Is an
arrangement of four (or more) diodes in a bridge circuit
configuration that provides the same polarity of output for either polarity
of input. |
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| Electric Field |
A vector quantity from which is determined the magnitude and directionof the force (electric force) on a charged particle due to the presenceof other charged particles, accelerated charged particles, or time-varying currents. |
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| Electrode |
A conductor, not necessarily metallic, through which a current enters orleaves a nonmetallic medium |
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| Energy |
The capacity for do
a activity |
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| Galvanometer |
An
instrument for detecting the existence of small electric currents and
determining their strength. |
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| Hardware |
Are all the physical components
of a device |
| Electromagnet |
| A soft metal core made into a
magnet by the passage of electric current through a coil surrounding it. |
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| Node |
Any point on a circuit where two
or more circuit elements meet. |
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| Parallel
Port |
A
connector for a device that sends or receives several bits of data
simultaneously by using more than one wire. |
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| Resistance |
A property of a conductor by virtue ofwhich the passage of current is opposed |
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| Software |
The
programs and other operating information used by a computer |
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| Solution |
A liquid mixture in which the
minor component (the solute) is uniformly distributed within the major
component (the solvent). |
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| Storage
battery |
A
battery (or cell) used for storing electrical energy. |
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| Transformer |
An apparatus for reducing or
increasing the voltage of an alternating current. |
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| Volt |
The
standard unit of potential difference and electromotive force in the
International System of Units (SI) |
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| Voltage |
An electromotive force or
potential difference expressed in volts. |
| Voltmeter |
An
instrument for measuring electric potential in volts. |
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