... determina-
tion of current of large dimension, or ofthe size of
the ampere.
ampere-hour Abbreviations: Ah, amp-hr. The
quantity of electricity that passes through a cir-
cuit in one hour when the rate of ... substance to the surface of another without
absorption. An example is adsorption of water to
the surface of a dielectric. This term is often con-
fused with ABSORPTION because the spellings of
the two ... type of
radar, the sync delay introduced between trans-
mission ofthe pulse and start ofthe trace on the
indicator screen to eliminate the altitude circle in
the display.
ALU Abbreviation of...
... energy, on account
of the motion ofthe source and/or the detecting
apparatus. 3. A small displacement in the appar-
ent positions ofthe stars from month to month on
account ofthe earth’s orbital ... modifying
only the address part of an instruction.
address field In a computer, the part ofthe in-
struction that gives the address of a bit of data (or
a word) in the memory.
address generation The programmed ... electrical
action ofthe cell, as distinguished from the sup-
porting material ofthe plates themselves. 2. A ra-
dioactive substance. 3. The phosphor coating of a
cathode-ray tube screen. 4. The material...
... Ernest Gowers, Oxford, 1965)
NEB The New English Bible (Oxford and Cambridge, 1970)
ODWE TheOxfordDictionary for Writers and Editors (Oxford, 1981)
OED TheOxfordEnglishDictionary (Oxford, 1933) ... disagreement. The proper aim of a usage guide is to resolve
these problems, rather than describe the whole of current usage.
TheOxford Guide to English Usage has this aim. Within the limits just
... Tess's
Father Christmas's Thomas's
To form the plural possessive, they add an apostrophe to the s of the
plural in the normal way, e.g.
bosses' the octopuses' tentacles
the...