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Politics

1) Social relations involving authority or power. 2) The art or science of governing.

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NTIA

Entertainment; TV

National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The President's principal adviser on telecommunications and information policy issues.

Penstock

Energy; Hydroelectric

The pipe used to direct water flow towards turbine and into powerhouse.

NTSC

Entertainment; TV

National Television Systems Committee. This is the name of the current analog transmission standard used in the U.S., which the committee created in 1953.

Cavitation

Energy; Hydroelectric

When air bubbles pass through turbine, damage can be done to the blades, resulting in capacity and efficiency loss. Cavitation describes the vibrations or noise heard as the air ...

native resolution

Entertainment; TV

Specific resolution that a TV set — whether integrated or not — or a monitor, is designed to display. All other resolutions must be either up-converted or down-converted for ...