English for Specific Purposes


    Electronic Engineering  
       
emit (v) - to give off (send out) or produce heat, light, gas, etc. by means of a physical  
    or chemical process;  
       
circuitry (n) - the design of an electrical circuit; the system of circuits used in an electronic  
    device;  
       
lithography (n) - a method of printing in which a piece of stone or metal is specially treated  
    so that ink sticks to some parts of it and not to others;  
       
pattern (n) - a representative sample, a model, a plan or diagram used as a guide in  
    making something;  
       
nanotube (n) - a cylindrical molecule of a fullerene (a carbon molecule with a polyhedral  
    structure, such as C70, C76, and C84);  
       
solar cell (n) - a photovoltaic cell that produces electricity from the sun's rays, used esp. in  
    spacecraft;  
       
amplification (n) - the increase in strength of an electrical signal (by means of an amplifier);  
       
density (n) - the degree to which something is filled, crowded, or occupied;  
life-span (n) - the period of time during which a machine may be expected to function  
    under normal conditions;  
portable (adj) - able to be easily carried or moved, especially because being of a lighter and  
    smaller version than usual a portable television;  
light-emitting diode (n) - (LED), a semiconductor diode that glows when a voltage is applied.  
       

 

4. Match the following words with their synonyms A,B and antonyms C,D:


 

A B
life-span compactness
amplification transducer
density durability
junction reveal
sensor interconnection
detect gain
pattern prototype
   

 

 

C D

 

conductor backward

 

portable degradation

 

leading-edge negligible

 

significant mineral

 

downside insulator

 

organic advantage

 

improvement stationary

 


 

5. Match the following words with their equivalents in Russian:

 

chipset масштаб
circuitry лампа накаливания
pacemaker производительность
scale одномерный
semiconductor встроенный
one-dimensional передовой, новаторский
   
ultradense микропроцессорный набор (набор микросхем)
Incandescent light bulb кардиостимулятор
flexible гибкий, гнущийся
performance компоновка схем (схематика)
embedded сверхплотный
leading-edge полупроводник
   

 


 

 


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