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power applied to it (the data can be changed with out limit)
regenerative dryer purge . . . . small flow of dry air from drying column passing through regener-
ating column and desorbing water from desiccant at low pressure
response time . . . . . . . . . . . . time it takes for a sensor to react to change in its environment
RG58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a type of coaxial cable - the letters/numbers refer to the electrical
characteristic of the cable (resistance/capacitance per foot of
length)
RG6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A type of coaxial cable - the letters/numbers refer to the electrical
characteristic of the cable (resistance/capacitance per foot of
length)
RS-232C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a specification for electrical signaling (also referred to as RS232)
that describes the voltages, rate of change of the voltages, and the
signal names and uses for the signals
RTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Request To Send - a label for a RS232 interface control line
sample system . . . . . . . . . . . . equipment used to bring conditioned sample to the sensing element;
it may include regulators, filters, heaters/coolers, flow meters,
valves and other accessories.
saturate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . reaching maximum holding capacity
sintered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . produced by a process of compacting and heating metal powder,
resulting in the formation of a solid, permeable object.
slip stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . partial stream extracted from a process stream, of which it is repre-
sentative
SpanCheck™ . . . . . . . . . . . . method to check the response of an HTF™ sensor at the upper end
of its measurement range
stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a measurement's degree of insensitivity to disturbances.
UL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Underwriters Laboratories Inc., an organization which evaluates,
tests and certifies products for specific safety situations.
uncertainty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . quantification of the error that can be expected from a measure-
ment, characterizing the range in which the true value can be
expected to be in.