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... input transducer components . When a librarian gives a book to a user who takes it in his hand , or when a departing diner slips a dollar bill into the headwaiter's palm , technically the receiving hand is an input transducer , taking ...
... input transducer components . When a librarian gives a book to a user who takes it in his hand , or when a departing diner slips a dollar bill into the headwaiter's palm , technically the receiving hand is an input transducer , taking ...
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... input as it approaches potentially damaging levels . Natural selection may well continue the survival of species with such transducers . When the exponent is less than 1 , the transducer ... input . 32 These variations in exponent appear to ...
... input as it approaches potentially damaging levels . Natural selection may well continue the survival of species with such transducers . When the exponent is less than 1 , the transducer ... input . 32 These variations in exponent appear to ...
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... input transducer is large indeed , considering all the transducer compo- nents at the organization and other levels . No accurate estimate is available . Costs of input transducing include the large costs to the society of maintaining ...
... input transducer is large indeed , considering all the transducer compo- nents at the organization and other levels . No accurate estimate is available . Costs of input transducing include the large costs to the society of maintaining ...
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