Home > Industry/Domain > Language

Language

Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.

0Categories 484230Terms

Add a new term

Contributors in Language

Language >

ultracapacitor

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Ultracapacitors are higher specific energy and power versions of electrolytic capacitors—devices that store energy as an electrostatic charge. They are electrochemical systems ...

vehicle systems

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Full spectrum of components and subsystems, as well as their configuration, that determines the attributes of a vehicle.

vortex shedding

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Swirling flow generated by a stream of fluid flowing past a flow obstruction, such as a solid body.

vorticity

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Vector measure of local rotation in a fluid flow.

wastegate

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

A valve used to limit the boost developed in a turbocharger. A wastegate allows some of an engine's exhaust flow to bypass the turbocharger's turbine under certain conditions.

minimum illumination

Consumer electronics; Video camera

Minimum light level needed to achieve a 50% or 100% video output level when the camera is at maximum gain and the lens iris fully open. Can be computed from the nominal ...

motion detector (MD)

Consumer electronics; Video camera

Camera feature where a reference field is compared with current fields. If a difference is detected, the camera outputs a pulse. An ideal feature for security application.

Sub-categories