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Electrical restricting device
Answer for the clue "Electrical restricting device ", 7 letters:
limiter
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Word definitions for limiter in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. That which limits.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (electronics) an nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform); "a limiter introduces amplitude distortion" [syn: clipper ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Limiter \Lim"it*er\ (l[i^]m"[i^]t*[~e]r), n. One who, or that which, limits. A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district. [Formerly written also limitour .] --Chaucer. A limitour of the Gray Friars, in ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In electronics , a limiter is a circuit that allows signals below a specified input power or level to pass unaffected while attenuating the peaks of stronger signals that exceed this threshold. Limiting is a type of dynamic range compression . Clipping ...
Usage examples of limiter.
The Limiters was the party behind the growing demand that crosstime travel be placed under strict control.
But there had been a cutback in permits when the Limiters began fulminating opposition.
So far no protest from the Limiters for a close-down there had been voiced.
Even as he mumbled that, Blake was able to supply a few wild guesses himself: the Limiters themselves, out to provoke some incident.
If the Limiters had their way, this life would be seriously curtailed.
But the Limiters must already know that if Garglos had reported in as he surely must have.
And what he held now as a weapon was not a stunner keyed to his person, but all the information concerning his opponent that Rogan could supply: a list of those who might be of some aid—always providing they were not already under Limiter control—and a mental map of crosstime headquarters.
And Lo Sige would begin to set up the trap against Blake's return with Limiter forces.
And then work again, this time on the animosity between the Limiter leader and Rogan, and talk better, more persuasively then he ever had before.
Most of the senior men are now mind-controlled, shouting out Limiter poison on cue.
If To'Frang and those with him were not cooperating with the Limiters, then how was it that Blake now stood before the Commander's own desk in his assigned office?
One comment the other had made did not ring true: Blake did not believe that the Limiter leader could be lured away to level-hop himself.
There was a slim chance of attracting To'Kekrops by such an offer to the point where the Limiter Leader might make a slip, just one slip!
The odds were still in Jargarli's favor, and the Limiter could pick up and pull into the battle any other refugee with range of his mind.
Bight, left, right, Blake played him, forcing the Limiter into the wreckage of the other shuttle.