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PRONUNCIATION OF DARK CURRENT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DARK CURRENT

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Dark current is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DARK CURRENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dark current in the English dictionary

The definition of dark current in the dictionary is the residual current produced by a photoelectric device when not illuminated.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DARK CURRENT

dark
dark age
Dark Ages
dark chocolate
Dark Continent
dark energy
dark glasses
dark horse
dark lantern
dark matter
dark nebula
dark reaction
dark star
dark tourism
dark-complexioned
dark-eyed
dark-field illumination
dark-field microscope
dark-haired
dark-skinned

WORDS THAT END LIKE DARK CURRENT

abhorrent
air current
alternating current
BitTorrent
concurrent
countercurrent
current
deterrent
different
direct current
eddy current
electric current
intercurrent
noncurrent
nuclear deterrent
photocurrent
recurrent
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undercurrent
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Synonyms and antonyms of dark current in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «dark current» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DARK CURRENT

Find out the translation of dark current to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dark current from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dark current» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

暗电流
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

corriente oscura
570 millions of speakers

English

dark current
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अंधेरे वर्तमान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الظلام الحالي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

темновой ток
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

atual escuro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অন্ধকার বর্তমান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

courant d´obscurité
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Translator English - Malay

Arus gelap
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Translator English - German

Dunkelstrom
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Translator English - Japanese

暗電流
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

암전류
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Saiki peteng
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Translator English - Vietnamese

tối hiện tại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இருண்ட நடப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गडद चालू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Karanlık akım
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

corrente di buio
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Translator English - Polish

prąd ciemny
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Translator English - Ukrainian

темновой ток
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Translator English - Romanian

curent întuneric
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el

Translator English - Greek

σκοτεινό ρεύμα
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Translator English - Afrikaans

donker huidige
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Translator English - Swedish

mörkström
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mørkestrøm
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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DARK CURRENT»

The term «dark current» is regularly used and occupies the 75.848 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dark current

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DARK CURRENT»

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Optical Communication Receiver Design
5.4 Photodetector Dark-Current Noise A photodetector's dark-current was introduced in Chapter 4. Dark-current flows whether the photodetector is illuminated or not and results from the presence of current leakage paths in the photodetector.
Stephen B. Alexander, 1997
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"The Thick Dark Current Runs": "As I Lay Dying"---a ...
The structure of the novel has dictated the order in which the theories are presented in the dissertation. The story follows members of a poor farm family as they journey to bury their matriarch.
Leiza Renee Brown, 2008
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Handbook of CCD Astronomy
3.3 Dark Current Every material at a temperature much above absolute zero will be subject to thermal noise within. For silicon in a CCD, this means that when the thermal agitation is high enough, electrons will be freed from the valence band ...
Steve B. Howell, 2000
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Molecular-beam Epitaxial Growth of Low-dark-current ...
generated in the device that contribute to the dark current. Dark count rates, representing the noise of the photon detector, are a measure of the false positives corresponding to avalanche breakdown in absence of light. Dark count rates have ...
Jeffrey Byron Hurst, 2007
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Scientific Charge-coupled Devices
Other important on-chip array noise sources that are discussed in this chapter include (1) dark current, (2) spurious charge, (3) fat-zero, (4) transfer noise, (5) residual image, (6) luminescence, (7) cosmic rays and radiation, (8) excess charge, ...
James R. Janesick, 2001
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CCD Image Sensors in Deep-Ultraviolet: Degradation Behavior ...
12.4.1 Dark Current Response of Sample-A After 157nm Irradiation In the 157 nm experiment, for the pixels in the A1 sensor that are exposed to a lower F2 laser intensity of 0.2pJ/pulse, they exhibited a smaller increase in the dark signal.
Flora Li, Arokia Nathan, 2006
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Microscope Image Processing
Thermal energy is mostly responsible for the generation of dark current, with higher temperatures resulting in higher kinetic energy of the electrons and stronger dark current. For CCD detectors, dark current tends to charge the CCD pixel wells ...
Qiang Wu, Fatima Merchant, Kenneth Castleman, 2010
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Dark Currents: Agent of Hel
The Midwestern resort town of Pemkowet boasts a diverse population: eccentric locals, wealthy summer people, and tourists by the busload—not to mention fairies, sprites, vampires, naiads, ogres, and a whole host of eldritch folk, presided ...
Jacqueline Carey, 2012
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Electronic Imaging in Astronomy: Detectors and Instrumentation
8.2 DARK CURRENT AND COOLING Random (Brownian) motions of atoms at normal room temperatures within the silicon lattice will release sucient energy to give rise to a continuous stream of electron±hole pairs in the absence of light.
Ian S. McLean, 2008
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Electrical Engineering and Control: Selected Papers from the ...
Fig.7 shows the comparison of residual dark current of one pixel with two-point temperature based correction and four-point temperature and integration time based correction. The solid line is the raw dark current data. The dash line is the  ...
Min Zhu, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DARK CURRENT»

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Saturn in Widescreen: The Voyager 2 Approach Movie
These images have gone through a systematic process of dark current removal and flat-fielding, in addition to the removal of the distortions and ... «The Planetary Society, Jul 15»
2
WITS$ — A Rough Guide to Selecting a Photodetector
The tradeoff, though, is a higher dark current in the photodetector, which increases noise and, therefore, NEP. In the respective cases of a PD, an APD and an ... «Photonics.com, Jul 15»
3
CCD Sensors Remain Competitive with Broadening Appeal
... that rely on very weak fluorescence signals on exposures of several minutes or even hours, cooled CCDs work best, as they offer very low dark current. «Photonics.com, Jul 15»
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APC 10000 mAh mobile power bank review: Reliable
... like over-charging protection, over-discharge protection, short circuit protection, ultra low dark current, overload protection, among others. «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
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Photodetectors: Low-cost X-ray detectors
The dark current values seem to be low but one needs to examine not just the dark current but also the noise associated with the dark current to ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
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Exclusive: Mignola and Golden Resurrect Joe Golem for Dark Horse …
The struggle between what he knows and suspects, and Church's concerns about that, is a dark current that flows through the series. «Paste Magazine, Jun 15»
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BrightWay Vision Selects TowerJazz Technology for Patented …
... the customization of pixels per project and specific customer needs and its superior performance (dark current, low noise and dynamic range) ... «AZoSensors, Jun 15»
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Extended InGaAs Detectors as Linear Arrays
The extended InGaAs has interesting advantages, according to the manufacturer: The photodiode dark current depends on the bias voltage ... «Novus Light Technologies Today, Jun 15»
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Creating n-InP/p-Si heterojunctions with lateral overgrowth
The dark current of the HJPD at -1V reverse-bias leakage was 60μA (Figure 2). Expressed as a current density of 0.324mA/cm2, this is much ... «Semiconductor Today, Jun 15»
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Panel that will police Iran for violations of nuclear agreement may …
Dark Current is carried along by a much larger and more powerful evil current. APACHEWHOKNOWS on June 1, 2015 at 5:49 PM. «Hot Air, Jun 15»

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