Abbreviations/Acronyms

American Institute of Electrical Engineers

British Institute of Electrical Engineers

digital piezoelectric translator

electrically conducting; European Commission

electrically calibrated pyroelectric radiometer

electric

electrical substitution radiometer; electron spin resonance

ferroelectric liquid crystal

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

milliampere (or milliamp in English) which represents one thousandth, i.e. 10-3, of the SI unit for electric current that is the ampere (also commonly referred to as amp).

milliamperes-second - unit measure of electric charge acquired when multiplying the electric current in milliamperes (one thousandth or 10-3 of the standard unit for electric current the ampere) by the time in seconds. It is commonly used to describe the length of time that electrons are produced or passed through a given circuitry.

media access unit — A media access unit (MAU) is a unique device utilized to connect token ring devices from multiple network stations into a star topology. There are two types of MAUs, passive and active. Passive MAUs are powered from their network connections while active MAUs are powered electrically from an external source.

magnetic Czochralski process — Introduction of an external magnetic field in the Czochralski melting process for crystal growth in order to influence the flow and dampen the amplitudes of the melt oscillations that occur in the process. This is accomplished when the external magnetic field generates an electric field inside the melt, which further induces an internal magnetic field in the now electrically conducting melt. The amplitudes of the now induced electric and magnetic fields can be controlled by the strength of the external magnetic field allowing control of the MCZ process.

metal-dielectric multilayer (MDM) — Periodic nanofilm structures for optical mode confinement and tunneling of resonant surface plasmons.

national electric code

National Electrical Manufacturers' Association

photoelectric cell

photoelectric scanner

photoferroelectric

pyroelectric

piezoelectric transducer

radioactive thermoelectric generator

thermoelectric; transverse electric