Variable valve timing — Variable valve timing, or VVT, is a generic term for an automobile piston engine technology. VVT allows the lift or duration or timing (some or all) of the intake or exhaust valves (or both) to be changed while the engine is in operation. Two… … Wikipedia
Variable Cylinder Management — (VCM) is Honda s term for a variable displacement technology. It uses the i VTEC system to disable one bank of cylinders during specific driving conditions (for example, highway driving) to save fuel. The 2008 Accord takes this a step further… … Wikipedia
Variable-frequency drive — A variable frequency drive (VFD) is a system for controlling the rotational speed of an alternating current (AC) electric motor by controlling the frequency of the electrical power supplied to the motor.cite book | first=Sylvester J. |… … Wikipedia
Variable-frequency oscillator — A variable frequency oscillator (VFO) in electronics is a oscillator with an oscillation frequency that can be electronically changed (hence, variable).cite book |title=The ARRL Handbook for Radio Amateurs, Sixty Eighth Edition |editor=Larry D.… … Wikipedia
Variable Gain Adjustment — Ein Variable Gain Adjustment, oder Variable Gain Attenuator (auch „Step attenuator“ genannt), kurz VGA, ist ein elektronisch verstellbares Dämpfungsglied in einem HF Pfad. Die Dämpfung kann sowohl binär als auch analog (über eine Steuerspannung)… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Variable range hopping — IntroductionVariable range hopping or Mott variable range hopping, is a model describing low temperature conduction in strongly disordered systems with localized states. [Mott, N.F., Phil. Mag. ,19,835,1969] It has a characteristic temperature… … Wikipedia
Step-Up Lease — A step up lease is a lease agreement which stipulates that the rental rate will increase by predetermined amounts at various points in the future. Through the rent increases in the future, the lessor hopes to hedge against various risks such as… … Investment dictionary
Variable-Rate Certificate Of Deposit — A certificate of deposit (CD) with a variable interest rate. The rate can be determined by a number of mediums, such as the prime rate, consumer price index, treasury bills or a market index. The amount paid out is usually based on a percentage… … Investment dictionary
step cost — A cost that is fixed (or that is only slightly variable) over relatively small ranges of activity, but which increases at intervals by significant amounts. For example, a manufacturing process may require additional floor space at various levels… … Auditor's dictionary
step function — noun Date: circa 1929 a mathematical function of a single real variable that remains constant within each of a series of adjacent intervals but changes in value from one interval to the next … New Collegiate Dictionary