electronic signal


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Noun1.electronic signal - a signal generated by electronic meanselectronic signal - a signal generated by electronic means
signal, signaling, sign - any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped"
radar echo - an electronic signal that has been reflected back to the radar antenna; contains information about the location and distance of the reflecting object
racon, radar beacon - a device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine their position
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If the calculations performed by the ECU indicate that airbag deployment is necessary, the ECU sends an electronic signal to the airbag inflator, which instantaneously responds by inflating the airbag.
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An Opticon system consists of four elements, including the electronic signal processor, the detector sensing head, a fiber cable which can terminate in a high temperature rod and a fixed or focusable lens to give the desired spot size at the desired distance.
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Theoretically, quantum dots can be configured to replicate the properties of any known atom and can then be changed--as fast as an electronic signal can travel--to have the properties of a different atom.
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To read the data, the reference beam illuminates the crystal, which reflects an image onto an array of charged coupled devices that converts the picture into an electronic signal.
Data holograms
Although it broadcast a clear carrier frequency -- the electronic signal that normally carries the mapping data -- for unknown reasons the transmitter stopped adding the Venus data to the monotone carrier signal.
Magellan resumes mission to map Venus
The strength of the observable quantity is made to alter the phase of a passing electronic signal, a carrier wave.
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The receiver portion of the transponder performs the reverse function, accepting a single OC-48/STM-16 optical signal and providing back sixteen OC-3/STM-1 electronic signals at the output.
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IBM was the first semiconductor manufacturer to perfect a technique for building chips with a true low-k dielectric material which better insulates copper wiring, helping electronic signals move faster and more efficiently through a chip.
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Familiar and strange acoustic instruments poke out from a thicket of electronic signals and bustling digitalia.
Fruit loops

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