| British Term |
American Meaning |
Examples/Further Explanations |
| Accumulator |
Storage battery |
Rechargeable batteries such as car batteries, cell phone batteries,
etc. |
| Aerial |
Antenna |
In American usage, aerial more often refers to elevated power lines. |
| Bush |
Bushing |
Tuning shaft bushing, volume control bushing, etc. |
| Decoupling |
A filter used to prevent feedback coupling |
A filter used to prevent oscillation or to avoid undesirable frequency
or phase response effects of feedback |
| Earth |
Ground |
Antenna ground, lightning protection ground, equipment safety ground |
| E.H.T |
Extra high tension (Very high voltage) |
Cathode ray tube plate supply voltage, x-ray tube anode supply voltage,
voltage generated by a Tesla Coil |
| Former |
Coil form |
|
| Four-Pole |
A four-terminal passive network |
A four-terminal balanced resistive audio line attenuator (pad), a
four-terminal balanced lowpass, highpass, bandpass, band reject, or notch
filter |
| Gramophone |
Phonograph |
|
| H.T. |
High tension (high voltage) |
Vacuum tube plate supply voltage, high voltage power lines |
| Long-Wave band |
900 to 2,000 meters |
The lowest-frequency British AM broadcast band which extends from
150 to 333 kHz |
| L.T. |
Low tension (low voltage) |
Most transistor voltages, vacuum tube filament voltages, car battery
voltage, flashlight battery voltage, and similar low voltages |
| Mains |
The main utility power circuit into a house or other structure |
Electric service drop |
| Medium-Wave band |
200 to 500 Meters |
The British AM broadcast band that extends from 531 to 1,602 kHz
with 9 kHz channel spacings |
| Relay |
Distribution of radio or TV programs from a master receiver or a broadcast
studio to homes and apartments via cables |
Cable television, cable radio |
| Screening |
Shielding |
Aluminum, copper or other conductor shielding around IF transformers,
between amplifier stages, around an antenna tuner, etc. |
| Shroud |
A strap used to hold transformer laminations |
|
| Speech coil |
Loud speaker voice coil |
|
| Tag |
Lug |
Solder lug |
| Torch |
Flashlight |
|
| Valve |
Vacuum tube |
|
| Valve holder |
Vacuum tube socket |
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