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static, term formerly use to describe electrical noise noise, any signal that does not convey useful information. Electrical noise consists of electrical currents or voltages that interfere with the operation of electronic systems. ..... Click the link for more information. in radio reception, especially noise that originates outside a transmitter and receiver, e.g., in the atmosphere or in man-made devices. In general, a frequency modulation modulation, in communications, process in which some characteristic of a wave (the carrier wave) is made to vary in accordance with an information-bearing signal wave (the modulating wave); demodulation is the process by which the original signal is recovered from ..... Click the link for more information. (FM) radio receiver is less susceptible to such noise than one using amplitude modulation (AM). Many receivers are equipped with devices, such as automatic limiting and silencing circuits, to lessen the effect of such noise on reception. static(1) Refers to something that is fixed and unchanging. Contrast with dynamic. static 1. (of a weight, force, or pressure) acting but causing no movement 2. of or concerned with forces that do not produce movement 3. relating to or causing stationary electric charges; electrostatic 4. of or concerned with statics 5. Computing (of a memory) not needing its contents refreshed periodically 6. electric sparks or crackling produced by friction How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In addition, fiber is not affected by atmospherics and is more secure. While some of the low-key atmospherics are effective, and Thornton suffers with exquisite quietude, some important scenes unfortunately are clumsily staged. The atmospherics of Sin City--the skyscrapers, the muscle cars, the trench-coats, the shadowy alley-ways, the dingy apartment houses--are meant to evoke film noir and pulpy detective fiction of the 1930s and '40s, but the movie's gross violence makes it nearer kin to the horror comic books of the 1950s. |
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