E: E Emittance

e

The base of natural logarithms.

EABI

Embedded Application Binary Interface; establishes object code standards for embedded applications of software so as to allow developers to easily migrate and reuse code from processor to processor.

EAPROM

Electrically alterable programmable read-only memory; memory that can be selectively altered using an electrical field rather than ultraviolet (as with EPROMs); sometimes the field can be controlled so as to be selective, without erasing all the stored data (as with EPROMs).

See also erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM).

earing

The formation of a scalloped edge around a deep-drawn sheet metal part as a result of directional properties in the blank material.

earliest actuation (ACTN) point

The value that is closest to the normal operating point of the process variable at which a bistable or channel could be expected to actuate. [ANSI/ISA-TR67.04.08 1996]

early trip contacts

An independent set of contacts in timing equipment. They will switch at a set point that occurs before the end of a timing or count cycle.

earphone

An electrically driven acoustic transducer that is intended to operate in the audio frequency range and to be held against the ear when used.

earth

That electrical potential that is common to Earth. The British term for the U.S. term ground.

ebullition

The act of boiling or bubbling.

EC

European Community; group of European countries banded together for common agricultural and economic policies: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom; not to be...