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Index<br />

α-particles, 443<br />

A/D, 175, 177, 183<br />

aberrations, 136<br />

ablation sensor, 293, 294<br />

ABS, 539<br />

absolute sensor, 7, 461<br />

absolute temperature, 507<br />

absolute zero, 96<br />

absorber, 107<br />

absorption, 127, 145, 514<br />

absorption coefficient, 129<br />

absorptivity, 133<br />

acceleration, 217, 218, 301, 312<br />

accelerometer, 29, 113, 116, 304<br />

accuracy, 17, 219, 305, 398<br />

acoustic, 73, 146, 331<br />

acoustic measurements, 383<br />

acoustic noise, 228<br />

acoustic pressure, 93<br />

acoustic <strong>sensors</strong>, 381, 388<br />

acoustics, 69, 381<br />

acousto-optic, 147<br />

acrylic, 539<br />

active bridge, 200<br />

active sensor, 7, 164<br />

actuator, 75<br />

additive noise, 208<br />

AFIR, 426, 477<br />

aging, 29<br />

air bubble, 257<br />

airflow, 375<br />

aluminum, 400, 430, 550<br />

aluminum coatings, 541<br />

aluminum nitride, 75<br />

aluminum oxide, 400<br />

AM, 290<br />

Ampere’s law, 54<br />

amperometric devices, 503<br />

amplifier, 155, 186, 416<br />

AMTIR, 543<br />

angular displacement, 316<br />

angular encoding, 270<br />

antenna, 173, 290<br />

aperture, 142<br />

appliances, 227<br />

arsenic trisulfate, 543<br />

ASIC, 156<br />

attenuation coefficient, 129<br />

auxiliary electrode, 505<br />

avalanche, 449, 450, 455<br />

avalanche photodiodes, 414<br />

band gap, 408<br />

band-gap references, 171<br />

bandwidth, 27, 205<br />

barometer, 342<br />

battery, 222<br />

bead-type thermistors, 473<br />

beams, 318<br />

Becquerel, 89<br />

becquerel, 444<br />

Beer’s law, 108<br />

Beer–Lambert law, 515<br />

Bell, 93<br />

bellows, 342<br />

Bernoulli, 339, 361<br />

beryllium, 541

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