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  • noun Plural form of isolator.

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Examples

  • To avoid this, we decided to drive the relays through optical isolators, which isolate the ground paths of the micro-controllers and driving relays, ensuring that the bouncing electro motive force (EMF) doesn't reach the UC circuitry.

    EFYTIMES.COM - by EFY NEWSNETWORK TEAM mailto:efynm1@efyindia.com 2010

  • To avoid this, we decided to drive the relays through optical isolators, which isolate the ground paths of the micro-controllers and driving relays, ensuring that the bouncing electro motive force (EMF) doesn't reach the UC circuitry.

    EFYTIMES.COM - by EFY NEWSNETWORK TEAM mailto:efynm1@efyindia.com 2010

  • Prisoners were at times murdered in mass killings, at times deliberately frozen to death in punishment "isolators," and at times shot by guards eager to claim bonuses for killing "escapees"; but for the most part, it was this system for allotting or denying food to prisoners, not deliberate killing, that caused the greatest number of deaths.

    Inside the Gulag Applebaum, Anne 2000

  • They also added special springs called 'isolators' that absorb impact.

    Space Business and Industry News at SpaceMart.com 2009

  • Ariane said: On August 17, 2009 yes to featuring Philo - yes to remembering why we fell in love with hooping in the 1st place & worrying less about precision/performance - yes to bodyrockers (as well as isolators, reversers, vector-changers, whateverers) - yes to the magnficent fora. yes yes yes yes xxHG

    Hooping.org | Blog | Philo Hagen: Inside The Hoop 2009

  • Not if they launched with the same op-isolators we used back then.

    Satellite Collisions: Sooner Or Later ... - NASA Watch 2009

  • The boxy body was bolted to a pickup truck's steel ladder frame, with 10 "rubber isolators" to mitigate the vibration on the highway.

    The Durango Becomes a Civilized Utility Vehicle Joseph B. White 2011

  • For this study, Ford engineers compared factory-installed bumper beams, bumper isolators, bumper brackets, and radiator supports against non-Ford, aftermarket replacement pieces, looking at the 2005-2009 Mustang and 2004-2007 F-150.

    Tests show aftermarket replacement parts can present safety risk 2010

  • Continuing their investigation into the impact of using aftermarket components, Ford engineers mounted replacement 2005-2009 bumper beams, absorbers, and isolators on two Ford Mustangs.

    Copy-cat car bumpers prove dangerous in Ford tests 2010

  • For this study, Ford engineers compared factory-installed bumper beams, bumper isolators, bumper brackets, and radiator supports against non-Ford, aftermarket replacement pieces, looking at the 2005-2009 Mustang and 2004-2007 F-150.

    Tests show aftermarket replacement parts can present safety risk 2010

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