单词 | dead time |
释义 | > as lemmasdead time dead time n. (a) (see quot. 1909); (b) Physics the period immediately after the registering of a pulse, a count, etc., when a detector or counter is not yet ready to register another pulse, etc. ΚΠ 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Dead time, time during which the active work of accomplishing a purpose is not going on, although preparations for it may be in progress. Such, in pile-driving, is the time occupied in lifting the hammer. 1949 Electronic Engin. 21 455 There elapses about 10−4 sec., during which time a particle entering cannot initiate a count. This interval is the ‘dead-time’ for the counter. 1963 B. Fozard Instrumentation Nucl. Reactors v. 44 Geiger-Mueller counters have thus an inherent ‘dead time’ and are different in this respect from other types of ionisation detector. 1966 Electronics 17 Oct. 111 The sampling would be an integral part of the computer's program. It would occur many times during the wait or dead time of the tactical program. < as lemmas |
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