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1Variable Coding and Modulation — is a type of data frame structure, where the size, coding and modulation type of the frame is best varied to the conditions.While VCM is a one way process, if a feedback loop (or return channel) is introduced then this can taken further to… …
2Variable velocity — Velocity Ve*loc i*ty, n.; pl. {Velocities}. [L. velocitas, from velox, ocis, swift, quick; perhaps akin to v?lare to fly (see {Volatile}): cf. F. v[ e]locit[ e].] [1913 Webster] 1. Quickness of motion; swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity; as,… …
3Variable rate feeder — A variable rate feeder is a piece of industrial control equipment used to deliver solid material at a known rate into some process.A number of different techniques and transport mechanisms are used, but these broadly split into these categories,… …
4variable — 1. That which is inconstant, which can or does change, as contrasted with a constant. 2. Deviating from the type in structure, form, physiology, or behavior. [L. vario, to vary, change, differ] continuous v. a v. that may take on any …
5Variable reluctance sensor — A variable reluctance sensor (VRS) is used to measure position and speed of moving metal components. This sensor consists of a permanent magnet, a ferromagnetic pole piece, a pickup coil, and a rotating toothed wheel. As the wheel rotates, the… …
6variable — In the physical sciences, variables are the characteristics of entities which are physically manipulated, such as the heat or volume of a substance. In the social sciences, the term refers to attributes which are fixed for each person or other… …
7variable — A characteristic of a product or service that can be measured on a continuously variable scale, e. g. length, weight, time, price. Compare attribute …
8variable error — noun : the variability of a subject s estimates of an objective magnitude measured by their average deviation …
9Classical Cepheid variable — Classical Cepheids (also known as Population I Cepheids, Type I Cepheids, or Delta Cephei variables) are a type of Cepheid variable star. They are population I, variable stars that exhibit pulsation periods in the order of a few days to months,… …
10Latent variable — In statistics, latent variables (as opposed to observable variables), are variables that are not directly observed but are rather inferred (through a mathematical model) from other variables that are observed and directly measured. They are also… …
