1. Ampere: A unit of measure for the flow of current in a circuit.

One ampere is the amount of

current flow provided when one volt of electrical pressure is applied against one ohm of
resistance. The ampere is used to measure electricity much as "gallons per minute" is used to
measure water flow. It is named after André Marie Ampere, French physicist.

2. Baterry: A battery is an electrochemical cell (or enclosed and protected material) that can be
charged electrically to provide a static potential for power or released electrical charge when
needed.

3. Capacitor : Device that stores electric charge. It is made by two metallic plates separated for a
non conductive sheet or dielectric. These devices are utilized to reduce voltage drops in the
distribution system. Also, it is known as condensator.

4. Damper: Device for opening or closing the passage of electric current in a circuit.

5. Phase: It is a single-phase line of a circuit in which there is a voltage measured in volts (V). by
which a current is flowing which is measured in amperes (A).

6. Watt: Una unidad de medida para indicar el poder eléctrico aplicado en un circuito. Es obtenido
multiplicando la corriente (en los amperios) por la presión eléctrica (en los voltios) que la causa
a ella para fluir. Es decir: Los voltios de la letra x de = amperios de vatios.

7. Electrode: It is an electrical conductor used to make contact with a non-metallic part of a circuit,
for example a semiconductor or an electrolyte,

8. Generator: It is an electromagnetic device by means of which the mechanical energy is

converted into electrical energy.

9. Cathode: A cathode is an electrode that undergoes a reduction reaction, whereby a material

reduces its oxidation state by receiving electrons.

10. Compensator: Apparatus for correcting the phase release between the potential and
the current, to improve the power factor.

11. Carrier Current: is a particle that moves, and carries an electric charge, especially the
particles that circulate electric currents in the electric conductors.

12. Electron: A tiny particle which rotates around the nucleus of an atom. It has a negative
charge of electricity.

13. Interlock: is a device that controls the state condition of certain mechanism to enable or
not a drive, commonly using electromagnetic solenoids stimulated by electrical signals .

14. Voltage regulator: A device that controls the strength of a magnetic field produced by a
generator or alternator. It prevents the battery from being overor undercharged during high - or
low - speed operation of the generator or alternator.

15. Direct Current: refers to the continuous flow of electric charge through a conductor
between two points of different potential, which does not change direction with time.
16. Ohm: Measurement unit of ohmic resistance. It is equivalent to the resistance that
produces a material against the electric current when a current flow of one ampere circulates,
when it is subjected to a voltage of one volt. Its symbol is Ω.

17. Rotor: It's the rotating part of the distributor of an internal combustion engine that
successively makes and breaks electrical contacts so that each spark plug fires in turn.

18. Flux: Flux is the presence of a force field in a specified physical medium, or the flow of
energy through a surface. In electronics, the term applies to any electrostatic field and any
magnetic field . Flux is depicted as "lines" in a plane that contains or intersects electric charge
poles or magnetic poles.

19. Commutator: A series of bars or segments connected to the armature coils of a

generator or motor so that rotation of the armature will in conjunction with a set of fixed brushes
convert alternating current into direct current.
In a generator, a commutator results in an output of direct current. In a motor, the commutator
converts incoming alternating current into direct current before using it to generate motion.

20. Feeder: All circuit conductors between the service equipment, the source of a separately
derived system, or other power supply source and the final branch-circuit overcurrent device.

21. Three phase: Designed system to supply or use simultaneously three separate
alternating currents of the same voltage, but with phases differing by a third of a period.

22. Relay: An electrical coil switch that uses a small current to control a much larger current.
Electrical device, which has an electromagnet, which is activated by a current in a circuit to
open or close another circuit.

23. Inductance: The property of an electric circuit by which an electromotive force (voltage)
is induced in it by a variation of current either in the circuit itself or in a neighboring circuit.

24. Brush:  A device which rubs against a rotating slip ring or commutator to provide a
passage for electric current to a stationary conductor.

25. Target: A usually metal part in an x-ray tube on which a beam of electrons is focused
and from which x-rays

26. Control Circuit: control system that carries the electric signals directing the
performance of the controller but does not carry the main power current.

27. Statiscope:

28. Armor rod: The movable part of a generator or motor. It is made up of conductors which
rotate through a magnetic field to provide voltage or force by electromagnetic induction. The
pivoted points in generator regulators are also called armatures.