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triggering [′trig·ə·riŋ]
(electronics)
Phenomenon observed in some high-performance magnetic amplifiers with very low leakage rectifiers; as the input current is decreased in magnitude, the amplifier remains at cutoff for some time, and the output then suddenly shoots upward.


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A welcome consequence of the latest results, Crum adds, is that other researchers should find the uranium-based triggering method easier to reproduce than the neutron one.
In addition, the package includes a new "clean-unit exemption" that would allow facilities that recently installed pollution control equipment to make further modifications without triggering NSR as long as the plant emissions did not increase.
In the improbable circumstance that both triggering events transpire, the financial consequences could be devastating to the insured.
 
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