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What is Ammeter?
Device for measuring the electric current in amp units.
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What is Amortisation?
The time period required by a photovoltaic system to generate enough electricity for covering its original cost. The length of the period depends on power
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What is Anode?
Positive electrode in a recharging battery. During discharge of an electrolytic cell, electrons are flowing from a cathode to an
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What is Atom?
The smallest particle comprising a chemical element characterized by the same properties as this element.
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What is Autotroph?
Organism that can synthesize food for itself from an inorganic substance with the help of chemical or light energy. Autotrophs include algae, plants, fungi as
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What is Backup?
Backup systems are emergency power systems switching on and providing autonomous electricity supply from the energy stored in a storage battery in case of
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What is Becquerel?
Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel was a French physicist who detected the PV effect. The discovery was made in 1839 by Becquerel and his father. The scientists found
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What is Battery?
A few electrically connected electrochemical cells placed in a special container and properly arranged to produce the necessary operating current and voltage.
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What is Boule?
Sausage-shaped monocrystalline ingot synthetically grown in a specialized furnace, pulled and turned at the rate required for maintaining its monocrystalline
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What is Cathode?
Negative electrode of a battery, where anions travel from cathode into anode and cations travel from anode into cathode.
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What is Circuit?
The loop through which current flows. Consists of one or lots of electrical components.
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