dark current

collocation in English

meaningsofdarkandcurrent

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dark
adjective
uk
/dɑːk/us
/dɑːrk/
with little or ...
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current
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkʌr.ənt/us
/ˈkɝː.ənt/
a movement of water, air, or electricity in a ...
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(Definition ofdarkandcurrentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Neither compound had any significant effect on the restingdarkcurrent.
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Using the phototransduction model, both events can be interpreted as a scaling of the photoreceptordarkcurrent.
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Phototransduction is initiated in the outer segment when photon capture interrupts this inwarddarkcurrent causing a net outward current which hyperpolarizes the cell.
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Alternatively, these drugs may modulate thedarkcurrentcarried by the photoreceptors through some type of feedback.
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Darkcurrentwas subtracted automatically during scanning.
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Darkcurrentis one of the main sources for noise in image sensors such as charge-coupled devices.
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A photomultiplier will produce a small current even without incident photons; this is called the "darkcurrent".
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They showed that thedarkcurrentand photoconductivity of hydrogenated amorphous silicon can be reduced significantly by prolonged illumination with intense light.
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Thus, finally, phototransduction is deactivated, and thedarkcurrentand glutamate release is restored.
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This second method, reportedly, reduces smear,darkcurrent, and infrared and red response.
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Photon counting applications generally demand photomultipliers designed to minimisedarkcurrent.
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Visible fixed-pattern noise is often caused by hot pixels pixel sensors with higher than normaldarkcurrent.
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Dark-currentspectroscopy can be used to determine the defects present by monitoring the peaks in the dark current histogram's evolution with temperature.
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This depolarizing flow of ions is known as thedarkcurrent.
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The finite value is due todarkcurrent, readout noise, and other noise sources.
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Most sampling procedures often begin by obtaining thedarkcurrentimages of the sample.
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The reverse bias also increases thedarkcurrentwithout much change in the photocurrent.
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