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Look up: Flutter

  1. flutter
    [n] - abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Flutter
    1) High-frequency variations in pitch of a recorded waveform due to fast speed variations in a recorder or playback machine.
    2) Originally, and more formally, any variations (fast or slow) in pitch of a recorded tone due to speed fluctuations in a recorder or playback unit.
    Found on http://www.testing1212.co.uk/a.htm

  3. Flutter
    Usually applied to wings or ailerons - the unstable oscillation caused by interaction between aerodynamic forces, elastic reactions in the structure and the force of inertia. Unless damped quickly flutter will break a wing. The cure is usually to dispose the weights so that the centre of gravity of the wing is as far forward as possible. Ailerons, ...
    Found on http://www.aeroplanemonthly.com/glossary

  4. Flutter
    Flutter: Flutter is a rapid vibration or pulsation. The difference between flutter and fibrillation is that flutter is well organized while fibrillation is not. For example, atrial flutter consists of well-organized but over-rapid contractions of the atrium of the heart (usually at a rate of 250-350 contractions per minute). Atrial flutter is a ser ...
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  5. flutter
    high-frequency oscillation of structure under interaction of aerodynamic and aeroelastic forces Category: Transport • low-frequency vibration sensed cutaneously Category: Environment • an undesired form of frequency modulation introduced into the recorded signal by an irregular motion of the recording medium during the recording/reproducing process.Its frequency is above 10...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Flutter
    Flut'ter transitive verb 1. To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings. 2. To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion. « Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli.» Shak.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/50

  7. Flutter
    Flut'ter noun 1. The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan. « The chirp and flutter of some single bird» Milnes. . 2. Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder. Pope. Flutter wheel , a water wheel placed below a fall or in a chute where rapidly moving water strikes t ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/50

  8. flutter
    <clinical sign> A rapid vibration or pulsation. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. Flutter
    In electronics and communication, `flutter` is the rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency. In structures, the term refers to rapid periodic motion caused by interaction of structural mass, stiffness, and aerodynamic forces. Examples of flutter are: *Rapid variations in received signal levels, such as variations that may be caused by atmospheric disturbances, antenna movements in a high wind, or interaction ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flutter

  10. flutter
    (flut´әr) a rapid vibration or pulsation.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  11. Flutter
    • (n.) Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder. • (n.) The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan. • (v. t.) To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion. • (v. t.) To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. flutter
    a rapid vibration or pulsation.
    Found on http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/

  13. Flutter
    The rapid period variation of frequency caused by unsteadiness of the film or tape drive. (Sound)
    Found on http://www.filmland.com/glossary/Diction

  14. flutter
    1. the act of moving back and forth
    2. abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
    3. a disorderly outburst or tumult
    4. the motion made by flapping up and down

    Found on

  15. flutter
    an undesired form of frequency modulation introduced into the recorded signal by an irregular motion of the recording medium during the recording or reproducing process, the frequency of which is above 10 Hz
    Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/


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23 November 2009

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At sixteen minutes past five on 23rd November 1963, a British television institution was born. Doctor Who would go on to become the longest-running science-fiction programme in the world, eventually spawning twenty six seasons of adventures from 1963 to 1989. In total, eight actors have played the part of Gallifrey's most famous Time Lord. From the very first - William Hartnell in 1963 - to the very last - Paul McGann, in the 1996 TV Movie - the Doctor has wandered through time and space in his trusty time machine, an old type-40 TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space). Although appearing to be nothing more than a battered blue police box, it is in fact vastly bigger on the inside than on the outside, and always departs with its familiar wheezing, groaning sound. read more

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