Glossary of electrical and electronics engineering

A

866A

15 kV AC

2D computer graphics

Abrasion (mechanical)

AC adapter

AC power plugs and sockets

AC power

AC/AC converter

AC/DC receiver design

AC/DC conversion

Active rectification

Actuator

Adaptive control

Adjustable-speed drive

Advanced Z-transform

Affinity law

Agbioeletric

AIEE

Alloy

Alpha–beta transformation

Altair 8800

Alternating current

Alternator (auto)

Alternator synchronization--

Alternator

Altitude

Aluminium smelting

AIEE

Ammeter

Amorphous metal transformer

Ampacity

Ampere

Ampère's circuital law

Ampère's force law

Ampère's law

Amplidyne

Amplifier

Amplitude modulation

Analog circuit

Analog filter

Analog signal processing

Analog signal

Analog-to-digital converter

Annealing (metallurgy)

Anode

Antenna (radio)

Apollo program

Apparent power

Apple Computer

Arc converter

Arc furnace

Arc lamp

Arc welder

Argon

Arithmetic mean

Armature (electrical engineering)

Artificial heart

Artificial intelligence

Artificial neural networks

Asymptotic stability

Asynchronous circuit

Audio and video connector

Audio equipment

Audio filter

Audio frequency

Audio noise reduction

Audio signal processing

Audion tube

Austin transformer

Automatic gain control

Automatic transfer switch

Automation

Autorecloser

Autotransformer

Availability factor

Avalanche diode

Average rectified value

B

Backward wave oscillator

Balanced line

Ball bearing motor

Balun

Band-pass filter

Band-stop filter

Bandwidth (signal processing)

Bang-bang control

Barlow's wheel

Bartlett's bisection theorem

Base load power plant

Battery (electricity)

Battery eliminator

Bayer filter

Beam tetrode

Beat frequency

Bell Telephone Laboratories

Biasing (electronics)

BIBO stability

Bilinear transform

Bimetallic strip

Biofuel

Biomass

Biomedical engineering

Biot–Savart law

Bipolar junction transistor

Bipolar transistor

Blocked rotor test

Blu-ray Disc

Bode plot

Boolean algebra (logic)

Boolean algebra (structure)

Boost converter

Booster (electric power)

Bound charge

Braking chopper

Branch circuit

Breakdown voltage

Bridge rectifier

Broadcasting

Brush (electric)

Brushed DC electric motor

Brushless DC electric motor

Buchholz relay

Buck converter

Buck–boost converter

Buck–boost transformer

Building codes

Bulb

Busbar

Bushing (electrical)

Butterworth filter

Buzzer

C

Cable

Cadmium

Calculus

Canadian electrical code

Canadian Standards Association

Capacitance

Capacitor voltage transformer

Capacitor

Capacitor-input filter

Capacitors

Capacity factor

Carbon offset

Carrier current

Carrier wave

Category 3 cable

Category 5e cable

Category 5e

Category 6 cable

Catenary

Cathode ray oscilloscope

Cathode ray tube

Cathode

Cat's-whisker detector

CATV

Cavity magnetron

magnetron

CCFL inverter

CD

Cell energy

Center tap

Ceramic resonator

Channel (communications)

Charactron

Charge pump

Charge transfer switch

Charge-coupled device

Chebyshev filter

Chemistry

Choke (electronics)

Chopper (electronic)

Circle diagram

Circuit breaker panel

Circuit breaker

Circuit theory

Circuit Total Limitation (CTL)

Clamp meter

Clapp oscillator

Class of accuracy in electrical measurements

Closed-loop controller

Coal

Coax cable

Coaxial cable

Cochlear implant

Cockcroft–Walton generator

Cogeneration

Cold cathode

Cold work

Colossus (computer)

Combined cycle

Commercial off-the-shelf

Communication system

Communications satellite

Communications server

Commutation cell

Commutator (electric)

Compact fluorescent lamp

Compactron

Compensation winding

Complex conjugate

Complex number

Complex systems

Computational biology

Computational Intelligence

Computed tomography

Computer engineering

Computer hardware

Computer literacy

Computer programming

Computer science

Computer system

Computer

Computer-aided design

Computers

Concentric

Conduction band

Constant k filter

Constitutive equation

Consumer electronics

Contactor

Continuous Fourier transform

Continuous signal

Control engineering

Control systems

Control theory

Controllability

Controller (control theory)

Cooling tower

Copper cable certification

Copper loss

Copper(I) oxide

Copper

Copper-clad aluminum

Copper-clad steel

Corona ring

Corrosion

Coulomb

Coulomb's law

CPU

Creep (deformation)

Crest factor

Crossed-field amplifier

Crosstalk

Cruise control

Crystal oscillator

Ćuk converter

Current (electricity)

Current density

Current division

Current source inverter

Current source

Current transformer

Current-to-voltage converter

Cybernetics

Cyber-physical system

Cycloconverter

Cylinder (geometry)

D

Damping ratio

Damping

Darlington transistor

Data compression

Data networks

DC injection braking

DC-to-DC converter

Decision tree

Deformation (mechanics)

Delay line (disambiguation)

Delta-wye transformer

Demand factor

Demand response

Demodulation

Describing function

Design

Desktop computer

Detector (radio)

DIAC

Dielectric

Differential (mathematics)

Digital audio broadcasting

Digital circuit

Digital computers

Digital control

Digital filter

Digital image processing

Digital micromirror device

Digital protective relay

Digital signal controller

Digital signal processing

Digital television

Digital-to-analog converter

Diode bridge

Diode

Direct current

Direct on line starter--

Direct torque control

Discrete cosine transform

Discrete Fourier transform

Discrete signal

Displacement current

Display device

Dissipation

Dissolved gas analysis

Distributed Control System

Distributed element model

Distributed generation

Distribution board

Distribution transformer

Dolby

Dot convention

Doubly fed electric machine

Downsampling

Dqo transformation

Droop speed control

Dual control theory

Dual loop

Ductility

DVD player

DVD

Dynamic braking

Dynamic demand (electric power)

Dynamic programming

Dynamic random access memory

Dynamic system

Dynamo

E

Earth leakage circuit breaker

Eddy current

Edge detection

Edison effect

Eigenvalues and eigenvectors

Electret

Electric arc

Electric charge

Electric circuit

Electric current

Electric displacement field

Electric distribution systems

Electric field gradient

Electric field

Electric generator

Electric motor

Electric multiple unit

Electric potential

Electric power conversion

Electric power distribution

Electric Power Research Institute

Electric power transmission

Electric power

Electric shock

Electrical circuit

Electrical code

Electrical conductivity

Electrical conductor

Electrical contact

Electrical discharge machining (EDM)

Electrical element

Electrical engineering

Electrical equipment

Electrical generator

Electrical grid

Electrical impedance

Electrical insulation paper

Electrical insulation

Electrical load

Electrical machine

Electrical measurements

Electrical network

Electrical polarity

Electrical power transmission

Electrical resistance

Electrical steel

Electrical substation

Electrical Technologist

Electrical wiring in Hong Kong

Electrical wiring in North America

Electrical wiring in the United Kingdom

Electrical wiring regulations

Electrical wiring

Electricity distribution

Electricity generation

Electricity meter

Electricity pylon

Electricity

Electrification

Electroactive polymers

Electrocardiograph

Electrochemical engineering

Electrodes

Electro-diesel locomotive

Electrodynamics

Electrolytic

Electromagnet

Electromagnetic compatibility

Electromagnetic field

Electromagnetic induction

Electromagnetic radiation

Electromagnetic spectrum

Electromagnetic wave equation

Electromagnetism

Electromechanical

Electro-mechanical

Electromote

Electromotive force

Electron microscope

Electronic amplifier

Electronic circuit

Electronic component

Electronic Control Unit

Electronic design automation

Electronic engineering

Electronic filter

Electronic speed control

Electronics

Electrophorus

Electrostatic motor

Electrostatics

Embedded operating system

Embedded software

Embedded system

Enameled wire

Energy demand management

Energy economics

Energy efficient transformer

Energy returned on energy invested

Energy subsidies

Engineering economics

Engineering education

Engineering ethics

Engineering management

Engineering society

Engineering

Engine-generator

ENIAC

Environmental engineering

Epstein frame

Equalization (audio)

Equalization (communications)

Equivalent circuit

Equivalent impedance transforms

Error correction and detection

Error correction

Error detection

Ethernet

Ethical code

Euclidean geometry

Euler–Lagrange equation

Euler's formula

Euler's identity

Exponential stability

Extended Kalman filter

External electric load

F

Farad

Faraday shield

Faraday–Lenz law

Faraday's law of induction

Fast Fourier Transform

Fault (power engineering)

Fax

Feed forward (control)

Feedback amplifier

Feedback

Feed-in tariff

Ferrite core

Ferroelectricity

Fiber optic cable

Fiber optic

Field effect transistor

Field-oriented control

Fields of engineering

Filter (signal processing)

Filter capacitor

Finite impulse response

Firmware

First principles

Fleming valve

Fleming's left-hand rule for motors

Fluorescent lamp

Flux linkage

Flyback converter

Flyback transformer

Fokker–Planck equation

Forward converter

Fossil-fuel phase-out--

Fossil-fuel power station--

Fourier series

Fourier transform

Free space optical communications

Frequency changer

Frequency modulation

Frequency response

Frequency

Full load current

Full-wave rectifier

Fuse (electrical)

Fuzzy control

G

Gain scheduling

Galvanic corrosion

Galvanometer

Gas-filled tube

Gate turn-off thyristor (GTO)

Gauss's law

Gauss-Seidel method

Generator (circuit theory)

Geothermal power

Germanium

Gigabit

Global Positioning System

Gold

Governor (device)

GPS

Gradient descent

Grid energy storage

Grid-tie inverter

Ground (electricity)

Ground and neutral

Ground-level power supply

Growler (electrical device)

GSM

Gunn diode

Gyrotron

H

H infinity

Hall effect sensor

Harmonic distortion

Harmonic oscillator

Harmonic

Harmonics (electrical power)

H-bridge

HDTV

Headphone

Heat transfer

Heatsink

Heaviside step function

Henry (unit)

Hertz

Heterostructure

Hi-Fi

High-voltage cable

High voltage

High-pass filter

High-voltage direct current

High-voltage switchgear

Hilbert transform

Holography

Home appliance

Homopolar generator

Homopolar motor

Horsepower

Hot wire barretter

Hradec substation

Humidistat

HVAC

HVDC converter station

HVDC

Hybrid coil

Hybrid electric vehicle

Hybrid Synergy Drive

Hydroelectricity

Hydrogen embrittlement

Hydropower

Hysteresis

I

IEC61850

IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society

IEEE Broadcast Technology Society

IEEE Circuits and Systems Society

IEEE Communications Society

IEEE Dielectrics & Electrical Insulation Society

IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society

IEEE Electron Devices Society

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society

IEEE Industrial Electronics Society

IEEE Industry Applications Society

IEEE Information Theory Society

IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society

IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society

IEEE Magnetics Society

IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society

IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society

IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society

IEEE Photonics Society

IEEE Power & Energy Society

IEEE Reliability Society

IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

IEEE Signal Processing Society

IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology

IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society

IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society

IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society

IEEE Vehicular Technology Society

IEEE Xplore

IGBT

Image impedance

Image noise reduction

Image processing

Impulse response

Incandescent lamp

Incandescent light bulb

Inchworm motor—

Induction coil

induction cooker

Induction generator

Induction motor

Induction regulator

Inductive coupling

Inductive output tube

Inductor

Inductors

Industrial and multiphase power plugs and sockets

Industrial automation

Infinite impulse response

Information appliance

Information communication technology

Information Theory

Information

Input/output

Inrush current

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Institution of Electrical Engineers

Institution of Engineering and Technology

Instrumentation engineering

Instrumentation

Insulation monitoring device

Insulator (electrical)

Integrated circuit

Integrated circuits

Intel 4004

Intel 8080

Intelligent control

Intelligent transportation system

Intermittent energy source

Internal combustion engine

International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)

International Organization for Standardization

Interrupter

Inverter

Iron loss

Isolated-phase bus

Isolation transformer

Iterative learning control

J

j operator

Jacobi method

Jedlik's dynamo

JFET

Joule heating

Joule

K

Kalman filter

Kelvin–Stokes theorem

Kilovolt-ampere

Kirchhoff's circuit laws

Klystron

Kolmogorov backward equation

L

Lacquer

LAN

Laplace transform

Laser diode

Leakage inductance

Least squares

Light-emitting diode

Line integral

Linear alternator

linear differential equation

Linear matrix inequality

Linear motor

Linear variable differential transformer

linear

Lineman (occupation)

Litz wire

Load flow study

Load following power plant

Load-loss factor

Load management

Load profile

Local positioning system

LORAN

Lorentz force law

Loss power

Lossless data compression

Lossy data compression

Loudspeaker

Low-pass filter

LTI system theory

Lumen (unit)

Lumped parameters

Lyapunov stability

Lynch motor

M

Macroscopic

Machine learning --

Magnet wire

Magnet

Magnetic blowout

Magnetic circuit

Magnetic constant

Magnetic core memory

Magnetic core

Magnetic field

Magnetic flux density

Magnetic flux

Magnetic moment

Magnetics

Magnetism

Magnetization

Magnetization current

Magnetostatics

Magnetostriction

Magnifying transmitter

Main distribution frame

Mainframe computer

Mains electricity

Mains hum

Mains power systems

Manufacturing engineering

Marginal stability

Marine energy

Marx generator

Maser

Mathematical model

Mathematics

Matrix (mathematics)

Maximum prospective short-circuit current

Maxwell equations

Maxwell's equations

Mean free path

Measurement

Mechanical rectifier

Mechatronics

Medical equipment

Memistor

Mendocino motor

Mercury-arc rectifier

Mercury-arc valve

Mercury vapor lamp

Mesh analysis

Mesh networking

Mesh

Metadyne

Metal detector

Metal rectifier

Metalworking

Micro combined heat and power

Microcontroller

Microelectromechanical systems

Microelectronics

Microfabrication

Microgeneration

Microphone

Microprocessor

Microwave oven

Microwave radio

Microwave

Millman's theorem

Mineral-insulated copper-clad cable

Mobile phone

Modbus

Model predictive control

Modem

Modulation transformer

Modulation

Monoscope

Moore's law

Morse code

MOSFET

Motion control

Motor controller

Motor soft starter

Mp3

MRI

Multics

Multimeter

Multisim

N

Nameplate capacity

Nanoengineering

Nanoinverter

Nanomotor

Nanotechnology

National electric code

National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)

Natural gas

Negative feedback

Negative resistance

Negawatt power

Nelson River Bipole

Neodymium magnets

Neon sign

Neon-sign transformer

Net metering

Network analyzer (AC power)--

Network cable

Network protector

Neural networks

Nodal analysis

Node (circuits)

Noise cancelling

Noise reduction

Nominal impedance

Nonlinear control

Nonode

Norton theorem

Norton's theorem

Notch filter

NTSC

Nuclear power

Numerical control

Nuvistor

Nyquist frequency

Nyquist stability criterion

Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem

O

Observability

Ohm

Ohmmeter

Ohm's law

Oil shale

One-line diagram

On-premises wiring

Open-circuit test

Open circuit voltage

Open-circuit time constant method

Open-circuit voltage

Operational amplifier

Optical fiber

Optimal control

Oscillation

Oscilloscope

Oudin coil

Out of phase

Overhead line

Oversampling

Overshoot (signal)

Overvoltage

Oxidation

Oxygen

Oxygen-free copper

P

Pad-mount transformer

Padmount transformer

Pantograph (rail)

Paraformer

Paraformer

Parameter estimation

Park transform

Park's transformation

Partial discharge

Passivity (engineering)

Patch cables

Peak demand

Pearl Street Station

Peltier–Seebeck effect

Pentagrid converter

Pentode

Permanent magnet synchronous generator

Permanent magnet

Permeability (electromagnetism)

Personal computer

Personal digital assistant

Perturbation theory

Petroleum

pH meter

Phase (waves)

Phase angle

Phase converter

Phase-fired controllers

Phase locked loop

Phase modulation

Phasor (electronics)

Phasor measurement unit

Phasor

Phonograph

Photocell

Photodetector

Photodiode

Photometer

Photonics

Photoresistor

Phototransistor

Physics

Physis

PID controller

Piezoelectric effect

Piezoelectric motor

Pigovian tax

PIN diode

Planar graph

Plasma (physics)

Plenum cable

Plug-in hybrid

P-N junction

Polarization density

Polyethylene

Polymer

Polyphase coil

Polyphase system

Polypropylene

Polytetrafluoroethylene

Pontryagin's minimum principle

Port (circuit theory)

Positive feedback

Potential difference

Potentiometer

Power

Power BJT

Power cable

Power conditioner

Power consumption

Power converter

Power distribution

Power electronics

Power engineering

Power-factor correction

Power factor

Power-flow study

Power generation

Power grid

Power inverter

Power inverter

Power-line carrier communication

Power-line communication

Power MOSFET

Power plant

Power rating

Power quality

Power station

Power storage

Power supplies

Power-system automation

Power-system protection

Precious metal

Pressure

Printed circuit board

Printer (computing)

Process control

Product lifecycle management

Product safety

Professional communication

Professional engineer

Programmable logic controller

Programming language

Project management

Projection (mathematics)

Protective relay

Proximity effect (electromagnetism)

Pulse transformer

Pulse-width modulation

Pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM)

Pulse-code modulation

Pumped-storage hydroelectricity

Push switch

Push–pull converter

Q

Quadrature booster

Qualitative data

Quality

Quality control

Quality factor

Quantity

Quantization

R

Radar cross section

Radar

Radio frequency

Radio transmitter

Radio

Railroad

Railway electrification system

Rankine cycle

Rapid transit

Reactive power

Real-time operating system

Receiver (radio)

Rechargeable battery

Reciprocity (electromagnetism)

Record player

Rectifier

Rectiformer

Recursive least squares

Reed switch

Regenerative braking

Regenerative circuit

Relaxation oscillator

Relay

Reliability engineering

Reluctance motor

Remanence

Remote racking system

Remote Sensing

Renewable electricity

Renewable Energy Certificates

Renewable energy payments

Renewable energy policy

Repeating coil

Repowering

Repulsion motor

Resettable fuse

Residual current circuit breaker

Resistive circuit

Resistivity

Resistor

Resolver (electrical)

Resonant cavity

Resonant inductive coupling

Reverse engineering

RF connector

RF engineering

RG-6

Rheoscope

Rheostat

Right hand grip rule

Ripple (electrical)

RLC circuit

Robotics

Robust control

Rogowski coil

Root locus

Root mean square

Rotary converter

Rotary encoder

Rotary switch

Rotary transformer

Rotary variable differential transformer

Rotation (mathematics)

Rotor (electric)

Routh–Hurwitz stability criterion

Routh–Hurwitz theorem

S

Sallen–Key filter

Sample and hold

Sampling (information theory)

Sampling frequency

Satellite radio

Satellite

Saturation (magnetic)

SCADA

Schmitt trigger

Schottky diode

Scott-T transformer

s-domain

SDTV

Segmentation (image processing)

Selenium rectifiers

Selenium

Semiconductor device

Semiconductor fabrication

Semiconductor

Sensor

Serial communication

Series and parallel circuits

SETI

Shaded-pole motor

Shaft voltage

Shielded twisted pair

Short-circuit test

Short circuit

Shunt (electrical)

SI

Siemens (unit)

Signal (electrical engineering)

Signal (information theory)

Signal noise

Signal processing

Signal strength

Signal-flow graph

Signal-to-noise ratio

Silicon controlled rectifier

Silicon Valley

Silicon

Silver

Sine wave

Single-phase electric power

Single-phase

Single-sideband modulation

Skin effect

Sliding mode control

Slip ring

Small signal model

Smart grid

Smith chart

Software engineering

Software

Solar cell

Solar energy

Solar micro-inverter

Solar power

Soldering

Solenoid

Solid state (electronics)

Solid state physics

Solid-state circuit

Sound recording

Space flight

Space vector modulation

Spark spread

Spark-gap transmitter

Spectrum analyzer

Speech processing

SPICE

Split phase

Square wave

Stability theory

Stable polynomial

Stacking factor

Star-mesh transform

State observer

State space representation

Static VAR compensator

Stator

Steady-state

Steam turbine

Steel

Step response

Stepper motor

Stereophonic sound

Stokes' theorem

Storage tube

Stray capacitance

Structure gauge

Structured cabling

Submarine communications cable

Sulfur hexafluoride circuit breaker

Sulfur hexafluoride

Super grid

Supercomputer

Superconducting electric machine

Superconductivity

Superfluid

Superheterodyne receiver

Superposition theorem

Surge arrester

Surge protection

Switch

Switched reluctance motor

Switched-mode power supply

Switchgear

Symbolic circuit analysis

Symmetrical components

Synchro

Synchronization (alternating current)

Synchronous circuit

Synchronous motor

Synchronous rectification

Synchroscope

Syncom

System identification

System on a chip

System on module

Systems analysis

T

Tachometer

Tap (transformer)

Tap changer

Taylor series

Technical drawing

Technology

Telecommunication

Telecommunications cable

Telecommunications engineering

Telecommunications Industry Association

Telecommunications

Telegraph

Telephone balance unit

Telephone line

Telephone

Television

Tellegen's theorem

Temperature

Tensile strength

Tensile stress

Tesla (unit)

Tesla coil

Tetrode

Thermal conductivity

Thermal expansion

Thermionic emission

Thermistor

Thermocouple

Thermodynamic efficiency

Thermodynamics

Thermoelectric effect

Thermostat

Thévenin theorem

Third rail

Three-phase AC railway electrification

Three-phase electric power

Three-phase power

Three-phase

Thyristor drive

Thyristor

Tidal power

Time sharing

Time-invariant system

Tin

Topology (electrical circuits)

Toroidal inductors and transformers

Torque

Total harmonic distortion (THD)

Traction battery

Traction current

Traction motor

Traction substation

Transatlantic communications cable

Transatlantic telegraph cable

Transceiver

Transducers

Transfer function

Transformer oil testing

Transformer oil

Transformer types

Transformer

Transformerboard

Transient response

Transils

Transistor

Transmission (telecommunications)

Transmission line

Transmission system operator

Transmission tower

Transmitter

Traveling-wave tube

Trembler coil

TRIAC

Triangle wave

Trigger transformer

Triode

Trolley pole

Trolleybus

Tuned circuit

Twisted pair

Two-phase electric power

Two-port network

Two-sided Laplace transform

Tyco Electronics

U

Ubiquitous computing

Ultrasonic motor

Ultrasonics

Undersampling

Unijunction transistor

Unipolar motor

Unix

Unshielded twisted pair

Upsampling

Utility frequency

Utility pole

V

Vacuum capacitor

Vacuum tube

Variable capacitor

Variable-frequency drive

Variac

Varicap

Variety (cybernetics)

Varistor

Varnish

Vector (geometric)

Vector calculus

Vector control (motor)

Vector group

Vehicle-to-grid

Vehicular automation

Velcro

Versorium

Vibrator (electronic)

Video camera tube

Video game console

Video processing

Virtual instrumentation

Virtual power plant

VLSI

Volt

Voltage compensation

Voltage-controlled amplifier

Voltage controller

Voltage converter

Voltage division

Voltage doubler

Voltage regulation

Voltage regulator

Voltage source

Voltage spike

Voltage

Voltage-to-current converter

Volt-ampere

Voltmeter

Volumetric flow rate

W

War of Currents

Ward Leonard control

Watt

Wattmeter

Waveguide (electromagnetism)

Waveguide

Weber

Welding

Wet Transformer

Whole-life cost

Wiener filter

Wiener process

Williams tube

Wind farm

Wind power

Wind speed

Wind turbine

Wire

Wireless network

Wireless telegraphy

X

X-ray

Y

Yagi antenna

Y-delta transform

Z

Z3 (computer)

z80

Zener diode

Zigzag transformer

Zilog

Z-transform