sponse ,
linear time invariant (LTI)
system
,
system
,
system with memory
.
MEMS
See
microelectromechanical system
.
MEMS for microwave
See
microelectro
-
mechanical system for microwave
.
mercurous chloride
an acousto-optic
material with very slow acoustic velocity
and thus very high theoretical acousto-optic
figure-of-merit. The slow acoustic velocity
also gives potential for high time-bandwidth
deflectors.
mercury delay-line memory
See
ultrasonic
memory
.
meridional ray
a ray that is contained in
a plane passing through the fiber axis.
MESFET
See
metal-electrode semicon
-
ductor field-effect transistor
.
mesh analysis
a circuit analysis technique
in which KVL is used to determine the mesh
currents in a network. A mesh is a loop that
does not contain any loops within it.
mesh networks
an interconnection net-
work in which processors are placed in a two-
dimensional grid of wires, with processors at
the intersections of the wires in the x and y
dimensions. “Mesh” is occasionally used to
refer to similar networks of higher than two
dimensionality.
meshed network
a complete interconnec-
tion of all nodes in a network by means of
point-to-point links. They are usually a com-
bination of ring and star networks.
MESI protocol
a cache coherence pro-
tocol for a single bus multiprocessor. Each
cache line exists in one of four states, modi-
fied (M), exclusive (E), shared (S), or invalid
(I). (BW)
mesopic
formally, a description of lu-
minances under which both human rod and
cone cells are active. The mesopic luminance
range lies between the photopic and scotopic
ranges. Informally, describing twilight lumi-
nances. See also
photopic
,
scotopic
.
message passing
in object orientation, the
exchange of messages between objects.
message switching
a service-oriented
class of communication in which messages
are exchanged among terminating equipment
by traversing a set of switching nodes in a
store-and-forward manner. This is analogous
to an ordinary postal system. The destination
terminal need not be active at the same time
as the originator in order that the message
exchange take place.
message-passing system
a multiproces-
sor system that uses messages passed among
the processors to coordinate and synchronize
the activities in the processors.
messenger cable
a fully-insulated three-
phase aerial cable in which three individ-
ual insulated conductors are carried on in-
sulated looms hung upon a bare messenger
wire. Such cable is used frequently in distri-
bution work.
messenger wire
a grounded wire which
is used to structurally support an aerial cable.
metabolic process
the method by which
cells use oxygen and produce carbon dioxide
and heat.
metadyne
a DC machine with more than
two brush sets per pair of poles. The addi-
tional brushes are located in the direct axis
for the armature MMF to provide most of the
excitation for higher gains.
metal halide
molecule formed by the re-
action of metals and halogen atoms.
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