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Used attributively to describe various processes, devices, etc, that use the time an object or light takes to travel a certain distance. See Derived terms.
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time-of-flight — tīm ə(v) .flīt adj of, relating to, being, or done with an instrument (as a mass spectrometer) that separates particles (as ions) according to the time required for them to traverse a tube of a certain length <a time of flight imaging system&G … Medical dictionary
Time-of-Flight — [taɪm ɔf flaɪt; engl. = Flugzeit]: ↑ Flugzeit Massenspektrometer … Universal-Lexikon
Time-of-flight — The time of flight (TOF) describes the method used to measure the time that it takes for a particle, object or stream to reach a detector while traveling over a known distance. In time of flight mass spectrometry, ions are accelerated by an… … Wikipedia
time-of-flight — pereigos trukmė statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Laiko tarpas, lygus ultragarsinio signalo sklidimo prieš vandens tėkmę ir pasroviui trukmių skirtumui. atitikmenys: angl. time of flight vok. Laufzeitdifferenz, f rus.… … Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas
time of flight — lėkimo laikas statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Antžeminės ir jūrų artilerijos paramos ugnimi metu – laikas sekundėmis nuo momento, kai yra iššaunama ar paleidžiama iš ginklo ar sistemos, iki to laiko, kai sviedinys (raketa) smogia ar sprogsta … NATO terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
Time-of-flight mass spectrometry — (TOFMS) is a method of mass spectrometry in which ions are accelerated by an electric field of known strength. [Stephens, W. E., [http://link.aps.org/abstract/PR/v69/p674/s2 A Pulsed Mass Spectrometer with Time Dispersion] Phys. Rev. , 1946, 69 … Wikipedia
Time of flight diffraction ultrasonics — Time of Flight Diffraction (TOFD) method of Ultrasonic inspection is a very sensitive and accurate method for nondestructive testing of welds for defects. TOFD is a computerised system that was invented in the UK in the 1970s for the nuclear… … Wikipedia
Time of flight detector — A time of flight (TOF) detector is a particle detector which can discriminate between a lighter and a heavier elementary particle of same momentum using their time of flight between two scintillators. The first of the scintillators activates a… … Wikipedia
Time of Flight Ultrasonic Determination of 3D Elastic Constants — The three dimensional elastic constants of materials can be measured using the ultrasonic immersion method. This was pioneered by xx and xx from the National Physical Laboratory in the 19xx s. It has mainly been used for polymer composite… … Wikipedia
time-of-flight isotope separator — trukminis izotopų skirtuvas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. time of flight isotope separator; time of flight mass separator vok. Flugzeitmassentrenner, m; Laufzeitmassentrenner, m rus. масс сепаратор по времени пролёта, m; сепаратор… … Fizikos terminų žodynas
time-of-flight mass separator — trukminis izotopų skirtuvas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. time of flight isotope separator; time of flight mass separator vok. Flugzeitmassentrenner, m; Laufzeitmassentrenner, m rus. масс сепаратор по времени пролёта, m; сепаратор… … Fizikos terminų žodynas
