line trap

line trap

[′līn ‚trap]
(electricity)
A filter consisting of a series inductance shunted by a tuning capacitor, inserted in series with the power or telephone line for a carrier-current system to minimize the effects of variations in line attenuation and reduce carrier energy loss.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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