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English Electronics / Elect Eng Translation Glossary

English term English translation
Handheld Down Range Chemical and Explosives Identification Device a handheld (small) device capable of identifying chemicals and explosives in the combat zone
headset is jammed blocked/bad connection
high harmonics circuit breaker circuit breaker for non-linear loads
high leg high-voltage phase of a three-phase delta configuration (NA electrical installations)
HLD Hold
home run wiring 'star' or 'home-run'
HORIZONTAL SEMI-PANTOGRAPH DISCONNECTOR Horizontally operated pantograph with one supporting arm
hyper evaticle It's the name of a trademark by Sony®
initialization post holder ensuring initial position of the instrument
integral (e.g. dimmer) (that comes) as part of the original product; built-in
Entered by: Nick Lingris
is gated by is enabled by (for a specific time interval)
L. N. E. [electrical, describing mains power connections] live / neutral / earth [more modern, esp. US to say 'line', also called 'phase']
Entered by: Tony M
lay losses differences between cable (axial) length and helical length of wires in the screen
leaded / lead [electronic component: IC] = with wire output leads instead of the more usual pins
Entered by: Tony M
leak escape of electrons, etc.
located on the wireway mounted on the cable duct
Locked rotor current Current drawn from the line with the ...
loss of a feed neutral loss of the electric supply neutral
Entered by: airmailrpl
low profile Flat
M6 M6 screw
make an others to access it to use other facility/equipment to access
MEMS micro electro mechanical systems
Mirror type scale mirror scale
module manufacturers businesses that assemble components into units
nature [minor damage]
near-end crosstalk Outside interference near sending end
nylon .093 connectors Nylon Connectors with Coupling Dimension of .093 Inch(either pins or coupling holes)
occupational/controlled environment RF energy exposure limits RF exposure limits applicable to working and controlled environments
out of round not perfectly round
PCB upside down (meaning of sentence) PCB mounting
Phantom power phantom power
phase relay Devices which detect 'phase' failure in a 3 phase system
PID Proportional-Integral-Differentiating
pin verse colour pin versus colour
power beamer (optical) power transmission system
power factor monitor cosine of the angle subtended between voltage and current
proximity meter proximity meter
quantify picture quality provide some objective scale for assessing / comparing picture quality
Entered by: Tony M
R/L 178 (Typ.), U/D178 (Typ.) right-left 178° (typical value), up-down 178° (typical value)
Entered by: Matheus Chaud
radio head display front-panel radio display / radio control head display
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