blanking off
1blanking piece — A flat piece of metal which closes off a tube. Also called a blanking plate …
2blanking plate — A flat piece of metal which closes off a tube. Also called a blanking piece …
3azimuth blanking — The process of eliminating radar echoes from certain directions on a radar display. This is done by shutting off the cathode ray tube screen while an antenna is pointed in the selected azimuth position or positions. A timing system accomplishes… …
4horizontal blanking — F/A/V the H sync pulse that tells the retrace electron beam to turn off at the end of each line …
5horizontal blanking interval — F/A/V the time during which the electron beam is turned off so that it can move into position to begin the next scan line; usually a very brief period, lasting between 5 15 microseconds …
6vertical blanking — F/A/V the action of turning off the trace on an analog CRT during vertical retrace …
7photoreception — photoreceptive, adj. /foh toh ri sep sheuhn/, n. the physiological perception of light. [1905 10; PHOTO + RECEPTION] * * * Biological responses to stimulation by light, most often referring to the mechanism of vision. In one celled organisms such …
8T-72 operators and variants — The T 72 is a Soviet designed main battle tank that entered production in 1971. It replaced the T 54/55 series as the workhorse of Soviet tank forces (while the T 64 and T 80 served as the Soviet high technology tanks). In front line Russian… …
9saccade — /sa kahd , seuh /, n. 1. the act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins. 2. Ophthalm. the series of small, jerky movements of the eyes when changing focus from one point to another. [1720 30; < F saccade jerk, jolt,… …
10NTSC — This article is about the television system. For the Indonesian government agency, see National Transportation Safety Committee. Television encoding systems by nation; countries using the NTSC system are shown in green. NTSC, named for the… …
