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Automotive
Dealing with vehicles or machines used for travel or motion, especially cars.
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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.
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.
