Could be a tapped inductor, but it's a bit hard to tell, out of context.
Thank you. If anyone could point me to a URL that shows a similar
It could well be. Can you tell me what that symbol would be used to
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:As someone else suggested, it looks like a very small winding of a
I wish I could. I am going entirely from memory. I think the symbolOn Tue, 5 Apr 2005 08:19:25 -0700, Rich wrote
(in article <4259424d.26406801@news.individual.net>
http://members.aol.com/aanotes3/lec.jpg
As someone else suggested, it looks like a very small winding of a
transformer, possibly center-tapped.
Show us the symbol in context of a portion of the diagram.
Now that you've said that, chances are high that you're never going toOn Wed, 06 Apr 2005 19:16:35 GMT, DaveC <me@privacy.net> wrote:
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 08:19:25 -0700, Rich wrote
(in article <4259424d.26406801@news.individual.net>
http://members.aol.com/aanotes3/lec.jpg
As someone else suggested, it looks like a very small winding of a
transformer, possibly center-tapped.
Show us the symbol in context of a portion of the diagram.
I wish I could. I am going entirely from memory. I think the symbol
may have been enclosed in a circle, like transistor symbols are. I
also think there was a bit more to it than what I drew. there may have
been a short line crossing the central vertical line, or something.
Concur on all points. Looks like an astrological symbol to me,In article <425d4ee6.30264550@news.individual.net>,
AdogAnotes3@aol.com (Ritch) wrote:
On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 19:16:35 GMT, DaveC <me@privacy.net> wrote:
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 08:19:25 -0700, Rich wrote
(in article <4259424d.26406801@news.individual.net>
http://members.aol.com/aanotes3/lec.jpg
As someone else suggested, it looks like a very small winding of a
transformer, possibly center-tapped.
Show us the symbol in context of a portion of the diagram.
I wish I could. I am going entirely from memory. I think the symbol
may have been enclosed in a circle, like transistor symbols are. I
also think there was a bit more to it than what I drew. there may have
been a short line crossing the central vertical line, or something.
Now that you've said that, chances are high that you're never going to
get a *CORRECT* answer. Lots of guesses, for sure, but no way to know
that any of them are right or wrong.
Without knowing *FOR SURE* what it's supposed to look like, as opposed
to your now-known-to-be possibly faulty/erroneous drawing from memory,
it could be literally ANYTHING, from a block-diagram symbol for
"turbocharged V8 engine" to a loose eyebrow hair that fell on the
original drawing while it was being made and then somehow got propagated
into future copies, to a hobo-cant "Avoid this house - owner has vicious
dog and shoots at hobos" symbol, or an ancient etruscan glyph meaning
"god" - there's simply no way to tell that doesn't involve guessing,
with no ability to verify the guess as right, wrong, or otherwise.
Lack of context is also contributing to making it much more difficult to
pin down what the intended/correct meaning is - were it shown as part of
a circuit, it might be possible to figure out "It has to be the symbol
for a _______ because that's the only component that makes even a little
bit of sense at this position in a circuit like this."
Ouch. Hope you didn't like him very much.
American Heritage Talking Dictionary, that will search the definitions.In article <liD5e.589$63.496@fed1read02>,
Mark Fergerson <nunya@biz.ness> wrote:
I've got a similar "problem" with a word from chemistry - I remember my
high-school chemistry teacher using a several-syllable word that started
with an "am" sound, which was applied to a class of materials/compounds
(plain old water happens to be one of them) that could be classified as
both acid AND base, depending on the pH of what it was being combined
with - mixed with something strongly acidic, a material to which the
word was applicable would behave as a mild base. Mixed with a strong
base, it would behave as if it were a mild acid. Mixed with material
that was neither acid nor base, it behaved as if it were neither acid
nor base itself. I've searched for literally years to find someone who
can tell me again what that word was, with no luck at all. (Asking the
teacher isn't a viable option, since he managed to find himself
splattered all over several hundred feet of highway and the
grille/hood/windshield of a drunk's pickup not long after I finished his
class)
Ouch. Hope you didn't like him very much.
Eh... He was OK. Not the "bestest of the best" I ever encountered, but
reasonably well above the "He's a teacher, therefore he's the enemy"
mark. He also ran the school chess club, introducing me to the joys (and
frustrations...) of the game, routinely beating the pants off me and
most comers for what seemed like ages.
"Amphoteric".
Mark, I think you may have just pulled a rabbit outta yer rump! That
looks suspiciously like the word I've been trying to find for so long.
Lemme go do a lookup and see...
am?pho?ter?ic
adj.
Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base; Capable of
reacting chemically either as an acid or a base.
YES!!!! THAT'S IT!!!! HOORAY!!!!!!
20 years of on again, off again searching FINALLY recovers "the lost
word"!
I've had chemistry majors look look at me like I had three heads when
I've asked. A senior chemist at Dow Chemical in Midland Michigan laughed
at me and said there's no word that fits the definition I gave, only a
hyphenated phrase I've long since forgotten. College chem instructors
scratched their heads and said "idunno". Searches through dictionaries
turned up nothing. (Ever try looking up a word based on its
definition??? OY! Wotta pain!) At times, I even began to wonder if I was
imagining him using it.
You're my hero, Mark!
Well, maybe not "hero", but boy is it good to know I wasn't dreaming all
these years!
In case you're interested, I use an old PC based dictionary, The
Oh great! You come in here and undermine my tentative lifeline to my
Uh... Sorry, Rich...
Well, shit. Now you can't look him up and whup him (assuming you
And I wasn't even a chemistry major. Truth be told, the only
That's quite all right with me; heroism is usually an attributeYou're my hero, Mark!
Well, maybe not "hero", but boy is it good to know I wasn't dreaming all
these years!
Miller had it, then let it go:
Eh... He was OK. Not the "bestest of the best" I ever encountered, but
Mark, I think you may have just pulled a rabbit outta yer rump! That
http://www.onelook.com/?w=*&loc=revfp2&clue=base+acid+chemical