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Flow and Level Measurement Glossary
Flow and Level Measurement Glossary
Flow and Level Measurement Glossary
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Instrumentation
Radar & Microwave
Ultrasonic Level Gages American National Standards Institute (ANSI): A professional
Nuclear Level Gages organization in the United States responsible for accepting and
designating the standards developed by other organizations as
Specialty Level national standards.
Switches
Thermal Switches Ampere (A or amp): The unit of electric current flow, defined as
Vibrating Switches
Optical Switches the rate at which one coulomb of electric charge (6.25 x 1018
electrons) is transferred in a second.
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SECTIONS Amplifier: A device that generates an output which is stronger
Editorial than and bears some predetermined relationship (often linear) to
About OMEGA its input. It generates the amplified output signal while drawing
Information Resources power from a source other than the signal itself.
Glossary
Analog signal: A signal that continuously represents a variable or
condition.
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used.
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Non-linearity: The deviation from the best fit straight line that
passes through zero.
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from setpoint).
psia: Pounds per square inch absolute; the unit of pressure used
when the zero reference is full vacuum.
psig: Pounds per square inch gauge; the unit of pressure used
when the zero reference is the barometric pressure of the
atmosphere.
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Settling time: The time required after a stimulus for the output to
center and remain within a specified narrow band centered on its
steady-state value.
Span: The algebraic difference between the upper and lower range
values expressed in the same units as the range.
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