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03/03/12 03:26
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#186370 - A small positive or negative change
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Per Westermark said:
It would take a bit of decrementing too, to get back to original position.


Hehe, yes, good point!!
I'll admit I've never applied the literal English angle to this, but rather this choice from the dictionary :

in·cre·ment (nkr-mnt, ng-)
n.
5. Mathematics A small positive or negative change in the value of a variable.

So Mathematics allows a decrement via a negative increment :)


List of 20 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
controlling an incremental encoder            01/01/70 00:00      
   controlling the encoders?            01/01/70 00:00      
   Study time!            01/01/70 00:00      
      Encoder is Feed back element            01/01/70 00:00      
         Encoder is normally feedback loop...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Incremental?            01/01/70 00:00      
      Incremental contrasts with Absolute            01/01/70 00:00      
         Relative            01/01/70 00:00      
            A small positive or negative change            01/01/70 00:00      
         Isn't that absolute as well?            01/01/70 00:00      
            trick question?            01/01/70 00:00      
               by contrast ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                  yes, but            01/01/70 00:00      
                     O.K. I get it ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Even With Index            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Single Track Absolute Encoders            01/01/70 00:00      
   just a point            01/01/70 00:00      
   re            01/01/70 00:00      
      Wrong sort of encoder!            01/01/70 00:00      
      Spammer            01/01/70 00:00      

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