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111Photomultiplier — tubes (photomultipliers or PMTs for short), members of the class of vacuum tubes, and more specifically phototubes, are extremely sensitive detectors of light in the ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum.… …
112Global Positioning System — GPS redirects here. For other uses, see GPS (disambiguation). Geodesy Fundamentals …
113Network analyzer (electrical) — Not to be confused with packet analyzer or telecom network protocol analyzer. ZVA40 vector network analyser from Rohde Schwarz. A network analyzer is an instrument that measures the network parameters of electrical networks. Today, network… …
114Earth exploration — Introduction the investigation of the surface of the Earth and of its interior. By the beginning of the 20th century most of the Earth s surface had been explored, at least superficially, except for the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Today the… …
115Near-infrared spectroscopy — Near IR absorption spectrum of dichloromethane showing complicated overlapping overtones of mid IR absorption features. Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a spectroscopic method that uses the near infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum …
116Optical autocorrelation — Classification of the different kinds of optical autocorrelation. In optics, various autocorrelation functions can be experimentally realized. The field autocorrelation may be used to calculate the spectrum of a source of light, while the… …
117Multichannel code — With the popularization of digital audio there is a Growing demand for compression and transmission techniques. The use of perceptual coding (based on psicoacustic model) has been a major breakthrough in Regarding the compressión digital audio.… …
118physics — /fiz iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science that deals with matter, energy, motion, and force. [1580 90; see PHYSIC, ICS] * * * I Science that deals with the structure of matter and the interactions between the fundamental constituents of… …
119Physical Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Scientists discovered a new family of superconducting materials and obtained unique images of individual hydrogen atoms and of a multiple exoplanet system. Europe completed the Large Hadron Collider, and China and India took… …
120Atomic clock — Nuclear clock redirects here. For the clock as a measure for risk of catastrophic destruction, see Doomsday Clock. For a clock updated by radio signals (commonly but inaccurately called an atomic clock ), see Radio clock. For the album by Zion I …
