| ??? 09/29/09 04:43 Read: times |
#169242 - Citation, please? Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Per Westermark said:
Except that instantaneous means something different.
The word momentaneous is the word normally used when discussing these types of measurements. There is no need to get the measure instantly without delay. It isn't how fast you measure. It is that multiple parameters are belonging together to describe one complex measurement at one single time. When measuring, you may have a pipeline or sample-hold and introduce any amount of delays. I have seen momentaneous in a number of reference documents for at least 20 years, in relation to these kind of measurements. Can you provide an example of its usage in a paper written by a native-speaker of English and in a journal published in an English-speaking country? I'm not contradicting you, but I am interested. When sampling information for an ABS system, you need instantaneous measurements, since a delay in the system can kill you. A power meter need not have such a requirement. I can, perhaps, see the sense of having such a term, but I've really no recollection of having ever seen it before. RE |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| Power Factor Meter using 8052 | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| The clue is in the names? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Phase | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Is that true? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Extra device? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Extra device | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Zero-crossing doesn't always work well | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| momentaneous ?! | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| You sure? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Definitions | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| But instantly or instantaneously is actually something else. | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Common abuse | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Like | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Be fast | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| OED | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Citation, please? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Ah but | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
I see what you mean, Steve | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I wouldn't rely on the www for language and definitions | 01/01/70 00:00 |