DENTEAY
`ofElectronics
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`Rudolf F. Graf
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`SIXTH EDITION
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`REVISED
`and UPDATED
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`MODERN
`DICTIONARY
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`ELECTRONICS
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`SIXTH EDITION
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`REVISED AND UPDATED
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`MODERN
`DICTIONARY
`of
`ELECTRONICS
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`SIXTH EDITION
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`REVISED AND UPDATED
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`Rudolf F. Graf
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`Newnes
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`Modem dictionary ofelectronics / by Rudolf F. Graf. — 6th ed.
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`long-play record—ltoopback
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`576
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`the monitoring of the desired signal dur-
`after the beam has moved on is due to
`ing lulls in the jamming signals.
`phosphorescence. The time of persistence
`loom — A flexible nonmetallic tubing
`varics with the type of tube employed and
`placed around insulated wire for pro-
`the coating of the screen.
`tection.
`long-play record — Abbreviated Ip
`loop — 1. A complete electrical circuit. 2.
`record, Also
`called a microgroove
`In a computer, a series of instructions
`record, A 10- or 12-inch (25.4- or 30.5-
`being carried out repeatedly until a ter-
`cm) record or transcription with finely
`minalcondition prevails. 3. In automatic
`cut grooves which give it a long playing
`control, the path followed by command
`time.
`signals, which direct the actions to be per-
`long-pull magnet—An electromagnet de-
`formed, and feedback signals, which are
`signed to exert a practically uniform pull,
`returned to the commandpointto indi-
`for an extended range of armature move-
`cate what is actually happening. See also
`ment.
`It consists of a conical plunger
`Closed Loop, 1. 4. See Mesh and Anti-
`moving up and downinsidea hollow core.
`nodes. 5, A length of tape having its ends
`long-range navigation—A long-range ¢-
`spliced together to form an endless loop.
`lectronic navigation system which uses
`Frequently used by film and radio/tv
`the time divergence of pulse-type trans~
`sound departments for prolonged back~
`mission from two or morefixed stations.
`grounds of continual or repetitive sound
`jong-range radar —Aradar installation
`effects. The loop is now the basis of the
`capable of detecting targets 200 or more
`8-track cartridge format. 6. A combina-
`miles (320 km) away.
`tion ofonc or more interconnected instru-
`long-reach mike —See Shotgun
`ments arranged to measure or control a
`long shunt — A shunt field connected
`process variable, or both.7. The two-wire
`across the series field and the armature,
`Circuit formed by a customer’s telephone
`instead of directly across the armature
`set, cable pair, and other conductorsthat
`alone, of a motor or generator
`connectit to the central office equipment.
`long-tailed pair — A two-tube circuit in
`8. An electric circuit consisting of several
`which decreased plate current
`through
`elements, usually switches, connected in
`one tube results in increased plate current
`series. 9. Asequence of computer instruc-
`through the other tube, and vice versa,
`tions that repeats itself until a predeter-
`long-term stability (or
`long-term
`mined countor other test is satisfied, or
`instability) —The slow changes in aver-
`until the process is interrupted by opera-
`age frequency arising from changes in an
`tor intervention, 10. The curve or arc
`oscillator. Statementsof long-term stabil-
`made bythe wire between the attachment
`ity for quartz oscillators often term this
`points at each end of a wire bond. 11. A
`characteristic “aging rate” and specify it
`sequence of computer instructions which
`as “parts per day” (fractiqnal frequency
`may be obeyed repetitively, each repeti-
`change over 24 hours), For cesium stand-
`tion being called a cycle. Cycling is inter-
`ards, this term commonly refers to the
`rupted when a specific criterion has been
`total fractional frequency drift for thelife
`satisfied, e.g., when a counter has re-
`of the cesium beam tube.
`turned to zero or when an iterative pro-
`long throw—A method ofspeaker design
`cess has converged.
`in which the woofer moves freely through
`loop actuating signal — The signal de-
`long excursions, providing excellent low-
`rived from mixing the loop-input and
`frequency response with low distortion.
`loop-feedbacksignals.
`long wave — Wavelengths longer than
`about 1000 meters. They correspond to
`frequencies above 300 kHz.
`long-wire antenna —1. An antenna that
`has a length greater that one-half wave-
`length at the operating frequency. 2. A
`directional antenna consisting of a single
`straight wire whose length is severaltimes
`greater than its operating wavelength.
`look ahead—1. A feature of the CPU of a
`computer which allows the machine to
`mask an interrupt request until the fol-
`lowing instruction has been completed. 2.
`A feature of adder circuits and alu’s
`which allows these devices to look ahead
`to see that all carrys generated are availa-
`ble for addition.
`lookthrough — |. In jamming, sporadic
`interruption of the emission for extremely
`short periods in order to monitor the vic-
`tim signal. 2. When a set is being jammed,
`
`antenna — 1. An antenna used in
`loop
`radio direction-finding apparatus and in
`someradio receivers. It consists of one or
`more loops of wire. 2, An antenna consist-
`ing of several turns of wire in the same
`plane so arrangedthat it encloses an area
`in the electromagneticfield.
`loopback —Directing signals back toward
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`Loop antenna,
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