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CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE

Includes location and repair of equipment failures [16].

CORRESPONDENCE

The term given to the positions of the rotors of a synchro transmitter and a
synchro receiver when both rotors are on 0 degree or displaced from 0 degree by the same angle [15].


COULOMB

A measure of the quantity of electricity. One coulomb is equal to 6.28 x 1018 electrons [1].

COULOMB'S LAW

Also called the LAW OF ELECTRIC CHARGES or the LAW OF ELECTROSTATIC ATTRACTION. Coulomb's Law states that charged bodies attract or repel each
other with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their individual charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them [1].


COUNTER

A circuit that counts input pulses [9].

COUNTER EMF

The voltage generated within a coil by a moving magnetic field cutting across the coil itself. This voltage is in opposition (counter) to the moving field that created it. Counter emf is present in every motor, generator, transformer, or other inductance winding whenever an alternating current flows [2] [5].


COUNTERPOISE

A network of wire connected to a quarter-wave antenna at one end. The network provides the equivalent of an additional one-fourth wavelength [10].


COUPLING

The process of transferring energy from one point in a circuit to another point, or from one circuit to another [8].


COUPLING CAPACITOR

A capacitor used to couple signals [8].

COUPLING DEVICE

A coupling coil that connects the transmitter to the feeder [10].


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