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`signal station
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`generate anomer which meets specified requirements for shape.
`amplitude, and timing. Also known as signal normalization.
`{
`'sig-nal .stan-dor‘do'za-shcn }
`signal station [COMMUN] A place on shore at which signals
`are made to ships at sea.
`{ ‘sig-nal lstd-shun }
`signal strength [ELECTROMAG] The strength of die signal
`produced by a radio transmitter at a particular location. usually
`expressed as microvolts or millivolts per meter of effective
`receiving antenna height.
`{ 'sig-nal ,strankth }
`signal-strength meter
`[121.com] A meter that is connected
`to the automatic volume-control circuit of a communication
`receiver and calibrated in decibels or arbitrary 8 units to read
`the strength of a received signal. Also known as S meter. S-
`unit meter.
`{ 'sig-nol :su'onkth .rned-cr }
`signal-to-lntefleronee ratio [ELECTR] The relative magni-
`tude of signal waves and waves which interfere with signal-
`wave reception.
`{ ‘sig-nol til .in-tar'ftr'ons .ra-sho ]
`signel-to-noiee improvement factor See noise improvement
`factor.
`{ 'sig'nal ta 'noiz im'prtiv-mant ,fak-tor ]
`signal-Melee ratio [ELECTR] The ratio of the amplitude of
`a desired signal at any point to the amplitude of noise signals at
`that same point: (then expressed in decibels: the peak value is
`usually used for pulse noise. while the root-mean~square {one}
`value is used for random noise. Abbreviated SIN; SNR.
`{ 'sig-
`not to ’noiz .rfirshfi }
`signal tower
`[ctv ENG] A switch tower from which railroad
`signals are displayed or controlled.
`{ 'sig-nol ,taucr }
`signal tracer
`[stem] An instrument used for tracing the
`progress of a signal through a radio receiver oran audio amplifier
`to locate a faulty stage.
`{ 'sig-nal .tl'll'sar }
`signal voltage [ELEC] Effective (root-mean-squere) voltage
`value of a signal
`{ sig-nal vol-tij }
`signal m' [com] A wave whose char-actoristics-pen-nit
`-some.-intelligenoe
`_ ,
`genoe.message- or effect to be conveyed“
`lotdwnashignal
`{ ‘.signol wav]
`signal-wave envelope [COMMUN] Contour of a signal wave
`which is composed of a series of wave cycles.
`{ 'sig-nol :wav
`'en-vo,lop }
`signal winding [ELEC] Control winding. of a saturable reac-
`tor. to which the independent variable (signal wave) is applied.
`{ 'sig‘ndl lwind-it] }
`sign-end-megnitude code [COMPUT scr} The representation
`ofau integerX by (— l)“t (2“2 a. + Z": 01 +
`+ (ls-1).
`where no is l} for X positive. and a0 is l for X negative. and any
`ai is eitherO or i.
`{ ‘sIn an ‘rnag'nafillld .kdd}
`signature [ELECTR] The characteristic pattem of a target as
`displayed
`by
`detection
`and
`classification
`equipment.
`[GRAPHICS] A folded. printed sheet. usually consisting of 16
`or 32 pages. that forms a section of a book or a pamphlet; me
`sheet may have fewer pages. but is always in multiples of four.
`[NAV short] The graphic record of the magnetic properties of
`a vessel automatically traced as the vessel passes ever are sen-
`sitive element of a recording instrument; more accurately called
`magnetic signature.
`[0RD] The identifying characteristics pe-
`culiar to each type of target which enable detecting apparatus.
`such as certain filses. to sense and differentiate targets.
`[QUANT
`MECH] A quantum number or that characterizes a system with
`the symmetry of a prolate or oblate spheroid and satisfies the
`equation r: exp ( — incl), where r is the eigenvalue of the system
`under a rotation through 130“ about an axis perpendicular to the
`symmetry axis.
`{ 'sig-no‘chor }
`sign bit [comm soil A sign digit consisting ofone bit.
`,bit }
`[COMPUT sct} An error checking de-
`sign check indicator
`vice. indicating no sign or improper signing of a field used for
`arithmetic processes; the machine can. upon interrogation. be
`made to stop or enter into a correction routine.
`{ 'sin {(2th ‘in'
`da.kad-or }
`In computers. a flip-flop
`sign-control {lip-flop [comr set]
`in the arithmetic unit used for storing the sign of the result of an
`operation.
`{ 'sin ironic-oi ‘flipfiétp }
`sign convention [cents] A convention as to which quand-
`ties. such as angles. distances. and radii of curvature. are positive
`and which are negative in computations involving a lens or a
`mirror.
`[ ”sin kanlven'chon }
`sign digit
`[comm sct] A digit containing one to four binary
`bits. associated with a data item and used to denote-an algebraic
`sign.
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`'sln .dij-at ]
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`{ 'sin
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`[comm 5cm] A form
`signed decimal
`representation in which the low-order nibbl
`a sign bit that specifies whether the nurnbe
`alive.
`{ ‘slnd 'deS'mlal }
`signed field
`[com sct] A field of I
`number which includes a sign digit indicatir:
`{ 'sind 'fEld }
`[comm- set] A whole r
`signed Integer
`lies anywhere in a domain that extends f1
`positive integer. and which therefore carrier.
`ojar }
`signed measure [MATH] An extended 1
`to defined on a sigma algebra of subsets of
`the value of m on the empty set is 0. (2) '
`countable union of disjoint sets is the sum -
`set. and (3) m assumes at most one ofthe v:
`{ :sIncl 'mezh'el'
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`[HISTOL] A cell with a
`signer-flog cell
`hydrate-filled vacuole that pushes the nuc.‘
`membrane.
`{ 'sig'not .rip 'sel }
`Sign flag [com set] A bit in a status]
`central processing unit that indicates whet
`arithmetic operation is positive or negative
`significance [MATH] The arbitrary rank.
`relative magnitude assigned to a given pr.
`{ sig'nif-l-kons}
`elgnfllcenoeerl‘thmetle [com SCI] A
`estimating the numbers and positions of the
`the radix approximation that results when .
`tion is applied to operands in radix a]
`{ sig‘nif-i-kcns c.rith-mo-tik }
`elgnlflcence level See level of significance
`i-ltons .levol }
`elgnlflcence probability [star] The pr
`ing a value of a test statistic as signifies]
`signifith man. the value actually obsem
`.prfib-o.bil-ad-e }
`{ s
`eignificentdlglt Sec significant figure.
`significant figure [MATH] A prescribed r
`determines the amount of rounding off to be
`based upon the degree of accuracy in it
`known as significant digit
`{ Slg'nif'i'kflnt
`significant vveve
`[oceanooa] Statistical
`average height of the highest third of the we
`group.
`{ sig'nif'i-kont wav }
`sign of the zodiac
`[more] The audio
`sections. called signs. in each of which the
`month of the year; each sign. 30° in leng1
`constellation with which the sign once coin:
`'ZG'dEfik }
`sign position [com-r sol] That positio
`the left or right end of e numeral. in which:
`the number is represented.
`{ ‘sin parish:
`sign stimulus
`[raver-ll A specific extent
`tiates certain behavioral sequences that typir
`stereotyped fashion.
`{ lsin .st'tm'ya'los }
`sign teat
`[star] A test which can be us
`periment is conducted to compare a ueatm:
`a number of matched pairs. provided the:
`assignedtothemembersofeachpairatm
`elgnum [mm] The real function sgnt
`different from zero. where sgn(x) = i if 1'
`—1ifx<0.
`['sig'odm}
`elgua
`[scarecrow A suaight-blowing-n
`Philippines.
`{ 'sé,wli }
`eilwuak [ocmook] Very old sea ice
`resembles glacier ice because snowfall and
`ute to its formation.
`{ sa‘kii.s§k }
`-
`SIL See speech interference level.
`silage
`[AGR] Green or marine fodder t
`retard spoilage and produce a succulent I
`stuck { 'sI-lij ]
`ellene
`[mono CHEM] Siullh” A cl:
`compounds analogous to alkanes. that is.:
`rated paraffin hydrocarbons; they can in
`Also lmovm as silicon hydride.
`{
`'si.l§n-}:
`ellanol
`[cum] A member ofthe familyd
`suucuuecontainsasilioonatomthatisbou
`more hydroxyl groups.
`{
`'sl-lamdl }
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