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Switch

switch

1. See swap.

2. To move funds out of one mutual fund and into another mutual fund. See also telephone switching.

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TABLE I TYPE OF PULSE SOURCES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS (5) Best Available Risetime at Type Step/Pulse Amplitude Notes Mercury switch step 70 ps 300 V max PRF = 200 Hz Avalanche transistor pulse 150 ps 12 V device selection necessary Tunnel diode step 25 ps 0.

Ultra wideband signal generation

The system is activated by a wireless panic button for a workplace violence situation, a mercury switch for laptop theft, or one of many other sensors for different problems.

Covert video system. (ISC West Product Showcase)

The sensor, which operates on a lithium battery, is mounted so that the internal mercury switch is at a 45 [degrees] angle.

GARAGE WATCHDOG

The pollution prevention requirements include a metallic scrap management plan, a mercury switch removal program and a restriction on binder formulation for furfuryl alcohol warm box mold- or coremaking.

Time to comply: EPA issued the final area source rule for iron and steel casting facilities

During the International Environmental Council meeting, Robin Wiener, president of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), confirmed that a recently signed Memorandum of Understanding would usher in the first-ever national mercury switch removal program.