Neets Master Glossary

1-24 EMITTER-INJECTION MODULATOR—The transistor equivalent of the cathode modulator. The gain is varied by changing the voltage on the emitter [12]. ENAMEL—A synthetic compound of cellulose acetate (wood pulp and magnesium). Used to insulate wire in meters, relays, and motor windings [4]. ENCAPSULATED—Imbedded in solid material or enclosed in glass or metal [14]. END-FEED METHOD—A method in which one end of an antenna is connected through a capacitor to the final output stage of a transmitter [10]. END-FIRE ARRAY—An array in which the direction of radiation is parallel to the axis of the array [10]. ENERGY—The ability or capacity to do work [1]. EPHEMERIS—A table showing the precalculated position of a satellite at any given time [17]. E_p-I_p CURVE—The characteristic curve of an electron tube used to graphically depict the relationship between plate voltage (E_p) and plate current (I_p) [6]. EPITAXIAL PROCESS—A method of depositing a thin, uniformly doped crystalline region (layer) on a substrate [14]. EQUATORIAL ORBIT—An orbit that occurs when the plane of a satellite coincides with the plane of the earth at the equator [17]. EQUIVALENT RESISTANCE (R_eq)—A resistance that represents the total ohmic values of a circuit component or group of circuit components. Usually drawn as a single resistor in a simplified circuit [1]. ERECTING (A GYRO)—The positioning of a gyro into a desired position and the maintaining of that position [15]. ERROR DETECTOR—The component in a servosystem that determines when the load has deviated from its ordered position, velocity, and so forth [15]. ERROR REDUCER—The name commonly given to the servomotor in a servosystem. So named because it reduces the error signal by providing feedback to the error detector [15]. ERROR SIGNAL—(1) In servosystems, the signal whose amplitude and polarity or phase are used to correct the alignment between the controlling and the controlled elements. (2) The name given to the electrical output of a control transformer [15]. E-TRANSFORMER—A special form of differential transformer employing an E-shaped core. The secondaries of the transformer are wound on the outer legs of the E, and the primary is wound on the center leg. An output voltage is developed across the secondary coils when its armature is displaced from its neutral position. This device is used as an error detector in servosystems that have limited load movements [15]. E-TYPE T-JUNCTION—A waveguide junction in which the junction arm extends from the main waveguide in the same direction as the E-field in the waveguide [11]. EUTECTIC ALLOY—An alloy that changes directly from a solid to a liquid with no plastic or semiliquid state [14].