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DIRECT CURRENT COMPONENT [1 record]

Record 1 2009-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
DEF

The average value of a signal.

OBS

In television it represents the average luminance of the picture being transmitted, and in radar it is the level from which the transmitted and the received pulses rise.

OBS

direct component: term standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission.

Key term(s)
  • d.c. component
  • direct current component

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
OBS

composante continue : terme normalisé par la Commission électrotechnique internationale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Televisión (Radioelectricidad)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
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