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| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | A measure of the sharpness of resonance or frequency selectivity of a resonant vibratory system having a single degree of freedom, either mechanical or electrical. See vibration.In a mechanical system, this quantity is very nearly equal to one-half the reciprocal of the damping ratio. When used with reference to a lightly damped system, it is also approximately equal to the following: (1) transmissibility at resonance; (2) p/d where d is the logarithmic decrement; (3) 2pW/?W where W is the stored energy and ?W the energy dissipation per cycle; and (4) fr/?f where fr is the resonance frequency and ?f is the bandwidth between the half-power points. Historically the letter Q was an arbitrarily chosen Symbol to designate the ratio of reactance to resistance of a circuit element. The name quality factor was introduced later.Symbol Q. (references) |
Energy | The factor by which the absorbed dose (rad or gray) is to be multiplied to obtain a quantity that expresses, on a common scale for all ionizing radiation, the biological damage (rem or sievert) to an exposed individual. It is used because some types of radiation, such as alpha particles, are more biologically damaging internally than other types. (references) |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | A function of linear energy transfer, used to weight absorbed doses in such a way as to indicate their significance for radiation protection purposes. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: QUALITY FACTOR |
| Specialty definitions using "QUALITY FACTOR": Dose equivalent. (references) |
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
quality factor | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "QUALITY FACTOR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | Q, kvalitetsfaktor. (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | Q, opslingerfactor, kwaliteitsfactor. (various references) | ||||||||||
French | Q (quintal), facteur de qualité. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Q (q), Gütefaktor, Bewertungsfaktor. (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | Q (quintal), fattore di qualità . (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | alityquay actorfay Q, kvalitetsfaktor. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-f-i-l-o-q-r-t-t-u-y" | |
-3 letters: factuality. | |
-4 letters: acquittal, actuality, auctorial, autolytic, factorial, loquacity. | |
-5 letters: actuator, alacrity, artifact, atrocity, autocrat, citatory, coattail, craftily, fatality, fortuity, tailcoat, titulary, trifocal, tutorial. | |
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