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Students, teachers, technicians and technologists in the field of electronics will find this dictionary an invaluable source of authoritative descriptions and definitions. These include entries on the microchip, injection laser, graphic equalizer, compact disc, digital recording and DAT. Full coverage is given to solid-state devices and circuits, semiconductors and semiconductor technology - TEGFET, TED, microfaceting, lapping, mesa, via - and to new analytical techniques, including electron microprobe, photoelectron spectroscopy, LEED and SXAPS. Workers in such associated fields as physics, telecommunications, television and computer technology will therefore find it equally useful as a guide to the current position of solid-state technology. SI units are used throughout the dictionary, although some non-SI units are used where they are generally accepted