Electricity

Electricity

A database referring to the existence of a flow of electric charge.

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Major roadway (lighting)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

That part of the roadway system that serves the principal network for through-traffic flow. The routes connect areas of principal traffic generation and important rural highways entering the city.

Maximum permissible values of the input current and voltage

Electrical equipment; Electricity

Values of current and voltage assigned by the manufacturer which the transducer will withstand indefinitely without damage.

Megabits per second (Mbps)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A megabit is roughly a million bits of data. This abbreviation is used to describe data transmission speeds, such as the rate at which information travels over the internet.

Mean-sensing transducer

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A transducer which measures the mean or average value of the input waveform but which is adjusted to give an output corresponding to the r.m.s. value of the input when that input is sinusoidal.

Measuring element

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A unit or module of a transducer which converts the measurand, or part of the measurand into a corresponding signal.

Measuring range

Electrical equipment; Electricity

The part of the span where the performance complies with the accuracy requirements.

Measuring relay

Electrical equipment; Electricity

An electrical relay intended to switch when its characteristics quantity, under specified conditions and with a specified accuracy attains its operating value.