search and rescue mission | a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them |
lap circle circuit | movement once around a course, he drove an extra lap just for insurance |
tour circuit | a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area, they took an extended tour of Europe, we took a quick circuit of the park, a ten-day coach circuit of the island |
search | an investigation seeking answers, a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing, the outcome justified the search |
search | boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas, right of search |
search hunt hunting | the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone |
strip search | searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes |
search mission | a mission to discover something |
search and destroy mission | an operation developed for United States troops in Vietnam, troops would move through a designated area destroying troops as they found them |
air search radar | a shipboard radar that searches for aircraft |
AND circuit AND gate | a circuit in a computer that fires only when all of its inputs fire |
bridge bridge circuit | a circuit consisting of two branches ( arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected |
circuit electrical circuit electric circuit | an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow |
circuit board circuit card board card plug-in add-in | a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities |
circuit breaker breaker | a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded |
closed circuit loop | a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates |
computer circuit | a circuit that is part of a computer |
control circuit negative feedback circuit | a feedback circuit that subtracts from the input |
depth finder | navigational instrument used to measure the depth of a body of water (as by ultrasound or radar) |
direction finder | radio, determines the direction of incoming radio waves |
divining rod dowser dowsing rod waterfinder water finder | forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil |
feedback circuit feedback loop | a circuit that feeds back some of the output to the input of a system |
finder viewfinder view finder | optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest |
integrated circuit microcircuit | a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor, a whole system rather than a single component |
light circuit lighting circuit | wiring that provides power to electric lights |
NAND circuit NAND gate | a logic gate that produces an output that is the inverse of the output of an AND gate |
open circuit | an incomplete electrical circuit in which no current flows |
OR circuit OR gate | a gate circuit in a computer that fires when any of its inputs fire |
parallel circuit shunt circuit | a closed circuit in which the current divides into two or more paths before recombining to complete the circuit |
printed circuit | computer circuit consisting of an electronic sub-assembly, copper conductors are laminated on an insulating board or card and circuit components are inserted into holes and dip soldered |
pulse timing circuit | a circuit that times pulses |
racing circuit circuit | a racetrack for automobile races |
rangefinder range finder | a measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object |
resonator resonant circuit | an electrical circuit that combines capacitance and inductance in such a way that a periodic electric oscillation will reach maximum amplitude |
series circuit | a circuit having its parts connected serially |
short circuit short | accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference |
sonic depth finder fathometer | depth finder for determining depth of water or a submerged object by means of ultrasound waves |
squelch circuit squelch squelcher | an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise |
stud finder | a small permanent magnet in a metal container, when the magnet clicks against the container it indicates that the magnet is directly over an iron nail that holds the wallboard to a stud |
surface search radar | a naval radar to search for surface targets |
tank circuit | an oscillatory circuit |
telephone line phone line telephone circuit subscriber line line | a telephone connection |
X-OR circuit XOR circuit XOR gate | gate for exclusive OR, a circuit in a computer that fires only if only one of its inputs fire |
freedom from search and seizure | a right guaranteed by the th amendment to the US Constitution |
right of search | the right of a belligerent to stop neutral ships on the high seas in wartime and search them |
search | the examination of alternative hypotheses, his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful |
thesaurus synonym finder | a book containing a classified list of synonyms |
word finder wordfinder | a thesaurus organized to help you find the word you want but cannot think of |
search warrant | a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in court, the warrant describes the locations where the officials may search |
search engine | a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet) |