Ferranti Phenomenon - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: ferranti phenomenonFerranti phenomenon
An increase in the ratio of transformation of an alternating current converter accompanied by other changes in electrical conditions occurring when the secondary of the converter is connected with a condenser of moderate capacity so called because first observed in connection with the Ferranti cables in London...
Ferranti cables
A form of conductor designed by Ferranti for currents of high potential and consisting of concentric tubes of copper separated by an insulating material composed of paper saturated with black mineral wax...
Phenomenon happening from time immemorial
Phenomenon happening from time immemorial, a phenomenon is said to be happening from time immemorial when the date of its commencement is not within the memory of man or the date of its commencement is shrouded in the mists of anti-quity, Patneedi Rudrayya v. Velugaubantle Venkayya, AIR 1961 SC 1821 (1823): (1962) 1 SCR 836. (Ease-ments Act, 1882)...
nuclear magnetic resonance
The specific absorption and re emission of electromagnetic radiation at characteristic wavelengths by atomic nuclei in a magnetic field It is abbreviated NMR The wavelength of the radiation absorbed depends on the type of nucleus the intensity of the magnetic field and the local chemical environment in which the nucleus resides It is the latter effect called the chemical shift by which atoms of specific elements in different chemical compounds show a different resonance frequency which gives rise to the greatest utility of this phenomenon in analyzing the chemical structure of substances Similar effects of the chemical environment permit the discrimination of different types of living tissue by virtue of their different chemical composition thus permitting utilization of the phenomenon in medical diagnostic instruments especially for magnetic resonance imaging...
criminology
criminology : the scientific study of crime as a social phenomenon, of criminals, and of penal treatment crim·i·no·log·i·cal [kri-mə-nə-lÄ -jə-kəl] adj crim·i·no·log·i·cal·ly adv crim·i·nol·o·gist [kri-mə-nÄ -lə-jist] n ...
Bailys beads
A row of bright spots observed in connection with total eclipses of the sun Just before and after a total eclipse the slender unobscured crescent of the suns disk appears momentarily like a row of bright spots resembling a string of beads The phenomenon first fully described by Francis Baily 1774 1844 is thought to be an effect of irradiation and of inequalities of the moons edge...
bear jam
A traffic jam caused by tourists stopping to look at bears near the road a phenomenon once common in Yellowstone Park Wyoming...
capacitance
an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored...
diagnosing
the act or process of identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon...
Electro chronograph
An instrument for obtaining an accurate record of the time at which any observed phenomenon occurs or of its duration It has an electro magnetic register connected with a clock See Chronograph...
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