Difference between revisions of "Controller"
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==References == | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) [[A]] lever controlling the speed of an engine; - applied esp. to the lever governing a throttle valve, as of a steam or gasoline engine, esp. on an automobile. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) An officer appointed to keep a counter register of accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (n.) An electromagnet, excited by the main current, for throwing a regulator magnet into or out of circuit in an automatic device for constant current regulation. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (n.) [[A]] kind of multiple switch for gradually admitting the current to, or shutting it off from, an electric motor; as, a car controller for an electric railway car. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (n.) Any electric device for controlling a circuit or system; </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:09, 13 October 2021
Controller [1]
(1): (n.) A lever controlling the speed of an engine; - applied esp. to the lever governing a throttle valve, as of a steam or gasoline engine, esp. on an automobile.
(2): (n.) One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs.
(3): (n.) An officer appointed to keep a counter register of accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts.
(4): (n.) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.
(5): (n.) An electromagnet, excited by the main current, for throwing a regulator magnet into or out of circuit in an automatic device for constant current regulation.
(6): (n.) A kind of multiple switch for gradually admitting the current to, or shutting it off from, an electric motor; as, a car controller for an electric railway car.
(7): (n.) Any electric device for controlling a circuit or system;
