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1
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Device which sends electrical signals in one direction

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Diode (Rectifier)

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Invented by: William Shockley, John Bardeen & Walter Brattain in 1947. A semiconductor device used to amplify and switch electronic signals and power

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Transistor

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3
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Machine which turns mechancal engery into direct current electric energy

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DC Generator

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4
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a static electrical device which transfers energy by inductive couplin by its winding circuits; changes the size of electrical output

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Transformer

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5
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Increase the over all strength of a signal

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Amplifier

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Oscillator

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7
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Stores energy in a magnetic field which limits the maximum range of current passing through it

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Inductor

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8
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Slows down electrons in a nuclear reactor

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Moderator

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9
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Instrument that measures radiation output.

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Geiger counter

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10
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An instrument for measuring the magnitude and direction of pressure

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Piezometer

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Invented by Ernest Lawrence, of the University of California, Berkeley in 1932: Used to accelerate charged particles

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Cyclotron

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12
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Invented by Edwin McMillan which accelerates the magnetic field and the electric field and are carefully synchronised with the travelling particle beam

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Syncrotron

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13
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Cosmotron

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14
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Device invented in 1952 by Donald Glaser, used for detecting ionizing radiation

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Bubble Chamber

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Pendulum

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16
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Device which tranfers energy between locations in order to perform a specific function

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Machine

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17
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Name given to any device used to produce a parallel beam of radiation

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Collimator

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18
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Speed of rotation

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tachometer

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19
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Measures Speed of moving object

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speedometer

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20
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Acceleration

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accelerometer

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21
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Mass

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balance, katharometer

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22
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Linear momentum

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ballistic pendulum

23
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Force

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force gauge, tribometer

24
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Wind speed

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anemometer

25
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Pressure

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barometer, manometer

26
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Angular velocity

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stroboscope, tachometer

27
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Torque

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dynamometer, torque wrench

28
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device for measuring or maintaining orientation, based on the principles of angular momentum

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Electric current

30
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Voltage

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voltmeter, oscilloscope

31
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Resistance

32
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Electric capacitance

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capacitance meter

33
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Electric inductance

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inductance meter

34
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Electric power

35
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Electric field

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field mill

36
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Magnetic field

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magnetometer

37
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Hardness of a solid

38
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Viscosity of a fluid

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viscometer, rheometer

39
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Optical activity

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polarimeter

40
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Surface tension of liquids

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tensiometer

41
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Magnetic susceptibility

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gouy balance

42
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Humidity

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hygrometer, lysimeter

43
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Illuminance

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lux meter, photometer

44
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Smell

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olfactometer

45
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Instrument used by surveyors to measure angles on horizontal planes

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Theodolite

46
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Devices that change energy from one form to another

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Transducer

47
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Transfer energy with a changing voltage between output and input

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Voltage Transformer

48
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A device who’s resistance falls as temperature rises

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Thermister

49
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Used to measure fluid pressure

50
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Used for measuring very small current

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galvanometer

51
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Device which changes the direction of the flow of current in a circuit

52
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A device that allows only one type of radiation to pass

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Monochrometer

53
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Device that measures distance on a map

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Opisometer

54
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Measure the precice radius of sphere

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Spherometer

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