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ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("electronic equipment" is a kind of...):
equipment (an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service)
Meronyms (parts of "electronic equipment"):
electrode (a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit)
circuit; electric circuit; electrical circuit (an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electronic equipment"):
terminal (electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display)
television equipment; video equipment (electronic equipment that broadcasts or receives electromagnetic waves representing images and sound)
phone; telephone; telephone set (electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds)
tape player (electronic equipment for playing back magnetic tapes)
tape deck (electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers); a component in an audio system)
set (any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals)
scrambler (electronic equipment that makes speech unintelligible during transmission and restores it at reception)
radio-gramophone; radio-phonograph (electronic equipment consisting of a combination of a radio receiver and a record player)
playback (electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material)
computer peripheral; peripheral; peripheral device (electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer)
cathode-ray oscilloscope; CRO; oscilloscope; scope (electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities)
auxiliary equipment; off-line equipment (electronic equipment not in direct communication (or under the control of) the central processing unit)
monitor (electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions)
monitor (a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble)
modem ((from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line)
mixer (electronic equipment that mixes two or more input signals to give a single output signal)
electron lens; lens (electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons)
equaliser; equalizer (electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion)
detector (electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity)
circuitry (electronic equipment consisting of a system of circuits)
C.P.U.; central processing unit; central processor; CPU; mainframe; processor ((computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing)
CD player (a stand-alone piece of electronic equipment that either has its own display or attaches to a television set)
cassette player (electronic equipment for playing cassettes)
audio system; sound system (a system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing sound)
amplifier (electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it)
