collector
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7.8
- noun
- /kəˈlɛktər/
- Specialized
:
colector
- And this lead over here is the base, this guy up here is the collector and and this guy down here is the emitter.
- collector output
- open collector
Examples
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Two models are available: a push/pull output version and an opto-isolated open-collector output version.
Academic text (1996) -
You can see that if we go to the collector here, we have a reading, Yeah.
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So so if you think about your collector a pin junction you with a battery, right?
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Data collectors recorded the time that teachers actually began the class session each day.
Academic text (2015) -
Mounting the collectors perfectly flat would only reduce gain by 12%.
Academic text (2012) -
"Yes, they are designs for antimatter collectors, according to people who ought to know.
Fiction book (1999) -
Most of the electrons are collected by the high-impedance reverse-biased collector junction.
Academic text (1997) -
50. An extensive system of 46 wastewater treatment plants, collector systems, and reclamation works is on the drawing boards.
Academic text (1991) -
Tourists and collectors started to visit Jimenez's workshop in Arrazola during the 1970s.
Academic text (2000) -
In a transistor circuit, the collector is where the electric current flows out after being amplified.
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.6
A device that uses mirrors or panels to focus sunlight and make heat
1
2.1
A person who checks and takes tickets from people entering trains or concerts
A government official who gathers national taxes on income from people and businesses
- Specialized
A part on trams and trains that takes electricity from overhead wires or a rail to power them
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Collector comes from Latin parts com- ('together') and legere ('to gather'). In electronics, the collector is the part that 'gathers' electric current or charge, so the name fits.