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Absolute displacement transducer Absorption Accuracy Actuator Adjustment Ambient light, permissible Analogue output Application ASIC ATEX Bandwidth Base distance Baud rate Cable, halogen-free Calendering Calibration CANopen Capacitive measurement principle capaNCDT CE directive CENELEC Characteristic CMU-module Confocal chromatic Crosstalk Data sheet, technical Data transfer rate DCAM Device Net Digital output Displacement sensors Displacement sensors Distance Sensor DKD Draw-wire sensor Eddy current eddyNCDT Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) Emissivity Emitter Encoder Encoder, absolute Encoder, incremental Ferro Ferro, not Firmware Focus FOV FPA Frequency response Frequency spectrum Full duplex Grey body source Guard electrode Guard electrode width Half duplex High pressure resistant High temperature sensor / high temperature resistant HTL Hysteresis ICONNECT IFOV induSENSOR Interference emission Interference immunity Laser protection class Laser triangulation Light spot diameter Linearity Long-term stability Lumen, unit Lux, unit LVDS LVDT, Linear Variable Differential Transformer Magnetic fields with inductive sensors Master / slave Measurement device Measurement object Measurement object diameter Measurement range Measuring frequency Measuring rate NETD Noise Noise, thermal Non-linearity Offset Operating temperature Optical fibre Optical sensors optoCONTROL optoNCDT OSI layer model Poalarity reversal protection Polling Position sensors Potentiometer Process-capatibility-index Process-capatibility-index, smallest Profibus DP (PB) Protection Quantification error Radiation Radiation, specific Radiation, spectral specific Ranging sensor Real-time Receiver Reference temperature Referenzauflösung Reflection Reflection, diffuse Reflection, direct Reflection, optical Repeatability Resolution Response time Rise time RS232 interface RS422 RS485 RTSC Sampling rate Sampling theorem Samplingrate scanCONTROL SDK Sensitivity Sensor Sensor measuring area, active Shock Short-circuit rating Signal-to-noise ratio Simplex SMD Spectral range Spring constant SSI Start and end of measuring range, midrange Storage temperature Strain Gauge Synchronisation Target Telemetry Temperature range Temperature range, infra-red Temperature stability Tensile strength thermoMETER Tilting Time-of-flight-principle Transmissivity Triggering TTL Vibration Wiederholbarkeit wireSENSOR X axis Y axis Z axis
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