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    additive manufacturing), an indicator is any of various instruments used to accurately measure small distances and angles, and amplify them to make them more...
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  • Performance indicator Technical indicator, a tool used in the technical analysis of financial securities Indicator (distance amplifying instrument), any of...
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    Calipers (category Metalworking measuring instruments)
    amount of Abbe error depends on the offset. Cruising rod Indicator (distance amplifying instrument) Lens clock Pace stick The 10th day of the 60-day cycle...
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  • cosine error must be considered include: The use of an indicator (distance amplifying instrument)[better source needed] Laser interferometry Speed limit...
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    Dial (measurement) (category Measuring instruments)
    thermometers and hygrometers, speedometers and tachometers, and indicators (distance amplifying instruments). Traditionally these have been mechanical devices, but...
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  • eyes and brain to interpret, especially if many instrument meters must be read simultaneously. An indicator or needle indicates the measurement on the gauge...
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    descent indicator (RCDI), rate-of-climb indicator, vertical speed indicator (VSI), or vertical velocity indicator (VVI) – is one of the flight instruments in...
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    Electrometer (category Measuring instruments)
    An electrometer is an electrical instrument for measuring electric charge or electrical potential difference. There are many different types, ranging from...
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    external pressure. Other sensitive aircraft instruments such as air speed indicators and rate of climb indicators (variometers) have connections both to the...
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    Galvanometer (redirect from Null indicator)
    A galvanometer is an electromechanical measuring instrument for electric current. Early galvanometers were uncalibrated, but improved versions, called...
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    seconds for one blink. An indicator of this type would not disturb as much as a hard-blinking on/off indicator. The indicator lamp on the Apple iBook G4...
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    Mobile TACAN-station in Alaska TACAN sea borne ILS receiver indicator onboard ILS indicator onboard aircraft Antenna DME / VOR Wikimedia Commons has media...
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    Multimeter (category Measuring instruments)
    volt-ohmmeter or VOM, avometer or ampere-volt-ohmmeter) is a measuring instrument that can measure multiple electrical properties. A typical multimeter...
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    It increases the apparent volume (loudness) of a human voice, musical instrument, or other acoustic sound source or recorded sound or music. PA systems...
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    frequency shift is directly proportional to the distance travelled. That distance can be displayed on an instrument, and it may also be available via the transponder...
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    adding a wire grid between cathode and anode. It was the first electronic amplifying device, allowing the creation of amplifiers and continuous wave oscillators...
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    amplifying or switching, rectification, mixing) specialized parameters (long life, very low microphonic sensitivity and low-noise audio amplification...
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  • is localised. It generally diminishes with distance from the earthquake's epicentre, but it can be amplified in sedimentary basins and in certain kinds...
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    traditional scale consists of two plates or bowls suspended at equal distances from a fulcrum. One plate holds an object of unknown mass (or weight)...
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  • The Forbes Log is an instrument for measuring the speed and distance traveled by ships, notably those of the Royal Navy. They were introduced commercially...
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    Filters are used to modify the spectrum of signals by suppressing or amplifying specific frequencies. They allow the isolation or suppression of certain...
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    (colloquially known as a "mag amp") is an electromagnetic device for amplifying electrical signals. The magnetic amplifier was invented early in the 20th...
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  • Pyranometer (category Measuring instruments)
    effect of having a second dome, in these cases, is a strong reduction of instrument offsets. Class A, single dome models, with low zero-offset (+/- 1 W/m2)...
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    indicators by detecting the position of a floating element in the fuel tank. Hall sensors affixed to mechanical gauges that have magnetized indicator...
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    the runway. Each aircraft has a receiver instrument and antenna which receives the beams, with an indicator to tell the pilot whether he is on the correct...
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  • physical impossibility. Terrain bounce jamming exploits this response by amplifying the radar signal and directing it downward. These problems can be overcome...
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    Position Indicator (PPI) which is only the layout of radar return on a two dimensional image. Importantly, the data coming from different distances to the...
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  • overreach for schools prioritizing "racial parity in school discipline indicators—such as detentions, suspensions, and expulsions—over student safety"....
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    Pulse-Doppler radar (category Measuring instruments)
    cancellation. Doppler has maximum detrimental effect on moving target indicator systems, which must use reverse phase shift for Doppler compensation in...
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    capturing sound with a microphone, amplifying it with vacuum tubes (known as valves in the UK), and then using the amplified signal to drive an electromechanical...
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