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M & E

Abbrev for music and effects.

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M DISPLAY

Modified form of A display in which range is determined by moving an adjustable pedestal signal along the baseline until it coincides with the target signal; range is read off the control which moves the pedestal.

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M-DERIVED SECTION, NETWORK, FILTER

A T or pi network section so designed that when two or more sections are joined to form a filter, their impedances match at all frequencies, although the individual sections may have different resonant frequencies.

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M-DISCONTINUITY

Abbrev for Mohorovicic discon

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M-LINES

Characteristic X-ray frequencies from atoms due to the excitation of electrons from the M-shell. Only developed in atoms of high atomic number.

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M-LOOP

Tape path employed in VHS videotape recorders, giving rather more than 180 ' wrap on the drum; from the M-shaped tape guide in the mechanism.

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M-SHELL

The electron shell in an atom corresponding to a principal quantum number of three. The shell can contain up to 18 electrons. See panel on Atomic structure.

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M-TEST OF WEIERSTRASS

A test for uniform conver

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MAAR

The explosion vent of a volcano.

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MAASTRICHTIAN

The highest stage in the Cretaceous. See Mesozoic.

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