monostableadj.n.
/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈsteɪbl/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈsteɪb(ə)l/ Electronics.
A. adj.
Having one stable position or state; characteristic of a device with this property.
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bistable1949
astable1951
monostable1952
1952 Proc. IRE 40 1531/2 The operation of this circuit may be monostable, bistable, or astable (oscillatory), depending on the nature of the emitter load.
1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) VIII. 631/2 The monostable multivibrator has frequent application in electronic circuits where timing and gating operations are required.
1987 J. Millman & A. Grabel Microelectronics (ed. 2) 669 The monostable, or ‘one-shot’, multivibrator generates a single pulse of specified duration in response to each external trigger signal.
B. n.
An electronic circuit that has one stable state.
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1971 M. Nelkon & H. I. Humphreys Electronics & Radio (ed. 2) xviii. 333 The circuit of a simple monostable.
1979 Experientia 35 216/2 The interval counter consists of a series of one-shot monostables triggered by each incoming signal.
1982 Giant Bk. Electronics Projects ii. 109 The monostable puts out a fixed time-width pulse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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