Dictionary of Electrical Engineering

Commonly used terms in the Electrical industry.

base
(1) the number of digits in a number system (10 for decimal, 2 for binary).
(2) one of the three terminals of a bipolar transistor.
(3) a register's value that is added to an immediate value or to the value in an index register in order to form the effective address for an instruction such as LOAD or STORE.
base quantity

See per-unit system
base speed
corresponds to speed at rated torque, rated current, and rated voltage conditions at the temperature rise specified in the rating. It is the maximum speed at which a motor can operate under constant torque characteristics or the minimum speed to operate at rated power.
base vector
a unit vector in a coordinate direction.
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