Robotics Vocabulary

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  1. 3. an electrical safety device consisting of or including a wire or strip of fusible metal that melts and interrupts the circuit when the current exceeds a particular amperage
  2. 5. nucleus the structure in a cell that contains the chromosomes
  3. 6. the flow of electricity in an electronic circuit, and to the amount of electricity flowing through a circuit
  4. 7. circuit all of the voltage across one resistor is across another resistor, the two resistors are in parallel
  5. 9. The smallest part of a substance that cannot be broken down chemically
  6. 10. the pressure from an electrical circuit's power source that pushes charged electrons (current) through a conducting loop
  7. 13. circuit comprises a path along which the whole current flows through each component
  8. 14. unit of electric current in the International System of Units
  9. 15. the positively charged particles that are inside the nucleus of an atom
  10. 19. the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another
  11. 21. the International System of Units' (SI) standard unit of power (energy per unit time)
  12. 23. negatively charged subatomic particle that can be either bound to an atom or free
  13. 24. a unit of measurement for electromotive force, expressing the electric tension or the difference in charge between two points
  14. 25. current an electric current that reverses its direction many times a second at regular intervals
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  1. 1. current an electric current flowing in one direction only.
  2. 2. a substance or material that allows electricity to flow through it
  3. 4. a substance which does not readily allow the passage of heat or sound.
  4. 8. the energy in/of a fluid due to the applied pressure (force per area)
  5. 11. a device having a designed resistance to the passage of an electric current
  6. 12. a container consisting of one or more cells, in which chemical energy is converted into electricity and used as a source of power.
  7. 16. a device having a designed resistance to the passage of an electric current
  8. 17. a measure of 1,000 watts of electrical power
  9. 18. the positively charged particles that are inside the nucleus of an atom
  10. 20. loop the complete path followed by a signal as it is fed back from the output of a circuit
  11. 22. an uncharged atomic particle that has a mass nearly equal to that of the proton