30 Electronic Engineering
5. Match the words to make word combinations:
A | B | C | ||||||||||
Planck | display | плоские конденсаторы | ||||||||||
parallel-plate | diode | гамма-лучи | ||||||||||
gamma | processing | объекты атомного масштаба | ||||||||||
optical | resistance | обработка сигналов | ||||||||||
atomic-scale | realm | оптический волновод | ||||||||||
signal | objects | квант действия (постоянная Планка) | ||||||||||
quantum | rays | квантовая область | ||||||||||
internal | capacitors | внутреннее сопротивление | ||||||||||
illuminated | constant | дисплей с подсветкой | ||||||||||
light-emitting | waveguide | светодиод | ||||||||||
6. Complete the puzzle using the clues. | ||||||||||||
I T C M O A | ____________________ | · an extremely small piece of matter; | ||||||||||
V I R A W O M C E | ____________________ | · a single unit of light; | ||||||||||
D I R A F E N R | ____________________ | · the agent that stimulates sight and makes | ||||||||||
things visible; | ||||||||||||
N E S L | ____________________ | · consisting of uncombined atoms rather than | ||||||||||
molecules; | ||||||||||||
· a curved piece of transparent material used | ||||||||||||
G I T L H | in cameras, glasses etc., which makes | |||||||||||
____________________ | objects seem closer, larger, smaller; | |||||||||||
· an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength | ||||||||||||
C E P T A L I R | shorter than that of a normal radio wave but | |||||||||||
____________________ | longer than those of infrared radiation; | |||||||||||
O H N T P O | ____________________ | · feeling warm but impossible to be seen. | ||||||||||
WORD BUILDING: Verb suffixes
Suffix | Meaning | Example | |||||
-ize (-ise) | 1) make or become | 1) visualize | |||||
2) treat in a specified way | 2) stabilize | ||||||
3) treat or cause to combine with a specified substance | 3) carbonize | ||||||
-ate | building verbs whose forms were originally based on existing | differentiate | |||||
past participial adjectives ending in -atus, later extended to | duplicate | ||||||
any verb ending in –are | fabricate | ||||||
-fy | 1) (added to nouns) make or produce | 1) exemplify | |||||
2) denoting the making of a state defined by an adjective | 2) simplify | ||||||
3) expressing a causative sense | 3) classify | ||||||
-en | (from adjectives and nouns) denoting the development, | shorten | |||||
creation, or intensification of a state; cause to be, become; | blacken | ||||||
cause to have | |||||||