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scaler

scaler

8.4
An electronic device that counts very fast pulses
  • noun
  • /ˈskeɪlər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : contador de pulsos
  • The scaler counts the rapid pulses emitted by the sensor in real-time.
  • count scaler

Examples

  • The electronics package—power supply, pulse-count scaler, anti-coincidence circuit, and recorder—was built at NRL.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The pulses are then counted by a scaler module.

    Academic text (1994)

  • And with the electromagnetic pulse is a Scaler signal.

    Asymmetric Disclosure (2025)

  • And I know it bores the public, but Scaler are these longitudinal electromagnetic fields that are at multiples of the speed of light.

    Asymmetric Disclosure (2025)

  • The R10 Rate Indicator/Totalizer has an eight-digit LCD and features separately programmable count/rate scalers and decimal points, allowing for the display of rate and count in various engineering units.

    Academic text (1998)

  • He attached the scaler to the device to accurately monitor the pulse rate.

  • The new model of the scaler can record pulses that occur more than a thousand times per second.

Synonyms

pulse counter
vsscaler
  • Specialized
4.2

A device that counts small electric signals from machines

counts very rapid pulses often too fast to record each separately

How Comprehensive

polygraph
  • Archaic
4 6.1
polygraph
  • Specialized
67 6.0
cardiac monitor
  • Specialized
2 3.7
scaler
  • Specialized
8.4

Surface Forms

scaler singular
scalers plural

Morphology

scaler = scale (opaque) = scale + er

Although the word is formally based on scale + -er, the specialized meaning 'electronic pulse counter' is not readily predictable from the base word for an average learner.

Etymology

Scaler comes from the word scale ('marks for measuring') plus the ending -er ('one that does'). Because it 'measures' many quick events, a scaler is a device that counts very fast pulses.