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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Balun |
Electrical Engineering | A transformer connected between a balanced source or load and an unbalanced source or load. Source: European Union. (references) |
Post & Telecom | A passive device, usually having distributed electrical constants, used for coupling an aerial to a feeder when one is balanced and the other is unbalanced. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
This is almost always done through the use of a small isolation transformer, with the earth ground or chassis ground left floating or unconnected on the balanced side. This transformer can then also perform impedance matching at the same time. A balun generally has no other functional purpose except for compatibility between systems.
The most common uses of baluns are:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Balun."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BALUN | English | BALanced-UNbalanced, "Balun" | Computer - (cable) |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: BALUN |
| Non-English Usage: "BALUN" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Indonesian (fold). |
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High Tech |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expression using "BALUN": balun transformer. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
balun | 85 | balun cat5 | 3 |
video balun | 14 | antenna balun | 3 |
balun filter media | 10 | balun toroid | 3 |
balun current | 7 | balun magnetic | 3 |
4 1 balun | 6 | balun design microstrip stripline | 3 |
balun choke | 6 | 1 1 balun | 2 |
balun homebrew | 6 | 450 balun loop ohm | 2 |
balun mtft | 6 | balun coil | 2 |
balun canan | 6 | balun ferrite | 2 |
cctv balun | 5 | balun wire | 2 |
balun dipole | 5 | 120 balun ohm | 2 |
balun longwire magnetic | 5 | 300 75 balun ohm | 2 |
balun construction | 4 | balun broadband | 2 |
chas balun | 4 | air balun core | 2 |
balun transformer | 4 | 1 4 balun build | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "BALUN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 平衡-不平衡变压器. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | balun (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer), balanceringsled (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | balun, balans-onbalanstransformator (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer), balans/onbalanstransformator, symmetrieoverdrager (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | symmetrointimuuntaja (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer), symmetrointielin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | transformateur symétrique-dissymétrique (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer), symétriseur (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Balun, Symmetrieschaltung, Symmetrierübertrager (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συμμετρο-ασυμμετρικός μετασχηματιστής, συμμετροασυμμετριστής, μετασχηματιστής σύζευξης συμμετρικού με μη συμμετρικό σύστημα ή στοιχείο (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer), μετασχηματιστής συμμετρίας-ασυμμετρίας (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer), ζεύκτης συμμετρίας-ασυμμετρίας (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer), ζεύκτης ζυγοστάθμισης (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | membalun (see: balun). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | balun (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer), unit di bilanciamento (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer), trasformatore bilanciatore per radio frequenze (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer), trasformatore bilanciatore per r.f. (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer), simmetrizzatore (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | バベルの" (balalaika, balance, balance of power, balance sheet, balcony, ballade, ballast, balloon, Baltic, barber's clippers, Barcelona, baritone, barium, barracks, barreled wine, barricade, barrier, Barriquand et Marre, bawm bawm, Brahman, bulk carrier, bulk line, bulk storage, bulky, bulky sweater, impediment removal, Tower of Babel, value, value analysis, value engineering, variable condensor, variant, variation, variety, variety show, variety store, varistor, vulcanized fiber, vulcanized rubber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | バラン . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alunbay transformador simétrico-assimétrico (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer). (various references) balún (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer), transformador simétrico-asimétrico (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer), transformador de adaptación de líneas balanceadas, convertidor equilibrador (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer), acoplamiento equilibrado (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer). (various references) balun, symmetreringstransformator (balanced-to-unbalanced transformer, balun transformer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-l-n-u" | |
-1 letter: luna, ulan, ulna. | |
-2 letters: alb, bal, ban, bun, lab, nab, nub. | |
-3 letters: ab, al, an, ba, la, na, nu, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-l-n-u" | |
+1 letter: nebula, unable. | |
+2 letters: abluent, albumen, albumin, baneful, butanol, clubman, nebulae, nebular, nebulas, slurban, subclan, tunable, tunably, umbonal. | |
+3 letters: abluents, ablution, abutilon, albumens, albumins, alburnum, ambulant, baculine, basinful, baulking, biannual, bimanual, binaural, bluesman, bubaline, bungalow, burnable, bushland, busulfan, butanols, clubhand, galbanum, huntable, jubilant, labdanum, laburnum, olibanum, prunable, publican, ruinable, subclans, sublunar, subnasal, subnodal, subpanel, tribunal, tuneable, tuneably, turbinal, turnable, unblamed, undoable, unstable, unstably, unusable, unviable, urbanely. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 4C 55 4E |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- .-.. ..- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000001 01001100 01010101 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A L U N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 004C 0055 004E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3635465548 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Expressions | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Abbreviations 8. Acronyms | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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