TERMIUM Plus®

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Q OUTPUT [5 records]

Record 1 2006-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Video Technology
DEF

A device that decodes colors after the NTSC [National Television Standards Committee] or PAL [Phase Alternate Line] video signal made its way through the Y/C separator.

OBS

It takes the chroma output of the Y/C separator and recovers two color difference signals(typically I and Q or U and V).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrotechnique
  • Vidéotechnique
DEF

Appareil employé pour effectuer le décodage des couleurs après le passage du signal vidéo NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) ou PAL (Phase Alternate Line) dans le séparateur Y/C.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
  • Electronic Circuits Technology
DEF

The reference output of a flip-flop. When this output is "1", the flip-flop is said to be in the "1" state; when it is "0" the output is said to be in the "0" state.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique
  • Technologie des circuits électroniques
OBS

Courbe de la sortie Q de la bascule.

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lasers and Masers
DEF

the output of a laser when the cavity resonator "Q" is initially kept very low so that a much larger population inversion than that which normally characterizes laser operation is achieved.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Masers et lasers

Spanish

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Record 4 1981-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cost Accounting
OBS

Only when each source of industry output has had its rising MC equated to any other source's MC(...) can the industry be producing its total Q at minimum Total Cost.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité analytique

Spanish

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Record 5 1979-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physics
DEF

The optical pumping of a laser having a low Q-factor and then suddenly increasing the Q of the system. In this way, a very short output pulse of high intensity is obtained.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique

Spanish

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