pulsed condition
111launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space. [1955 1960] * * * Rocket system that boosts a spacecraft into Earth orbit or beyond Earth s gravitational pull. A wide variety of launch vehicles …
112Military Affairs — ▪ 2009 Introduction Russia and Georgia fought a short, intense war in 2008, fueling global fears of a new Cold War. On August 7 Georgia launched an aerial bombardment and ground attacks against its breakaway province of South Ossetia.… …
113Physical 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… …
114aerospace industry — Introduction assemblage of manufacturing concerns that deal with vehicular flight within and beyond the Earth s atmosphere. (The term aerospace is derived from the words aeronautics and spaceflight.) The aerospace industry is engaged in the …
115undersea exploration — Introduction the investigation and description of the ocean waters and the seafloor and of the Earth beneath. Primary objectives and accomplishments Included in the scope of undersea exploration are the physical and chemical… …
116ratio — An expression of the relation of one quantity to another ( e.g., of a proportion or rate). SEE ALSO: index (2), quotient. [L. r. (ration ) a reckoning, reason, fr. reor, pp. ratus, to reckon, compute] absolute terminal innervation r. the number… …
117DCS Copy Protection — Ltd is a UK company that licenses proprietary content protection technology. It is a direct competitor to Rovi (formerly Macrovision) in the field of analogue copy protection.[1] DCS Copy Protection Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Echostar… …
118Multiphoton lithography — (also known as direct laser lithography or direct laser writing) of polymer templates has been known for years by the photonic crystal community. Similar to standard photolithography techniques, structuring is accomplished by illuminating… …
119Optical mouse — A wireless optical mouse An optical computer mouse or optic mouse uses a light emitting diode and photodiodes to detect movement relative to a surface, unlike a mechanical mouse which has a ball which rotates orthogonal shafts which drive chopper …
120single-frequency signaling — A signaling system that uses a 2600Hz in band signal on the voice path. The tone is on in the idle condition, pulsed for dialing, and off when the circuit is in use …
