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Increase in voltage, current and/or power. Gain is expressed as a ratio of amplifier output value to the corresponding amplifier input value.

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A device parameter that indicates the maximum possible product of gain and bandwidth. The gain bandwidth product of a device is equal to the unity gain frequency (funity) of the device.

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High frequency electromagnetic radiation from radio active particles.

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Mechanical coupling of two or more capacitors, switches, potentiometers, or any other adjustable components so that adjusting one control will operate all.

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Any aeriform or completely elastic fluid which is not a solid or a liquid. Gasses are produced by heating a liquid beyond its boiling point.

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The diameter of a wire. The higher the number, the thinner the wire.

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Device used to detect nuclear particles.

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Device used to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy.

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Prefix meaning 10⁹ or 1,000,000,000 (1 billion in the US)

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Metric prefix for 1 billion (109).

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A googol is the number 10¹⁰⁰, that is, 1 followed by one hundred zeroes.

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Refers to a type of equalizer with sliding controls that create a pattern representing a graph of frequency response changes.

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An electrical line with the same electrical potential as the chassis of the vehicle, most commonly negative 12 volts DC.
An intentional or accidental conducting path between an electrical system or circuit and the earth or some conducting body acting in place of the earth. A ground is often used as the common wiring point or reference in a circuit.

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The condition created when two or more paths for electricity are created in a ground line, or when one or more paths are created in a shield or an audio cable. This can create undesirable noise such as a high pitched whine when the vehicle is running or pops and clicks when other devices are used in the vehicle.

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In an automobile this is the electrical potential of the vehicles chassis, specifically the chassis of the alternator when the vehicle is running. A circuit, terminal or chassis is said to be at ground potential when it is used as a reference point for other potentials in the system.

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A semiconductor diode that utilizes the Gunn effect to produce microwave frequency oscillation or to amplify a microwave frequency signal.

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