Formfactor

Quick meaning: Formfactor is a noun meaning An industry standard that represents the size and shape of a circuit board.

Meaning

An industry standard that represents the size and shape of a circuit board.

More Meanings

1. (physics) Any of various calculations representing the shape or distribution of a physical property within a microsystem such as an elementary particle or atomic nucleus.
2. The value of 4π * area / perimeter², used to measure how well an irregular shape approximates an idealized regular shape, and used to estimate surface area of irregular shapes.
3. (computer graphics) The ratio of energy radiating out from one patch to the energy absorbed by another patch, used in the calculation of radiosity.

Example Sentences

The formfactor was chosen because it is sensitive to both the elongation of a region and the jaggedness of its border.

All diagrams in a given-order formfactor are similar. They all are integrals over the momentum circulating in the loop, and the integrands are identical.

the surface area of the ellipsoid fitted to the measured length and breadth is divided by the formfactor to estimate the surface area of the irregular object

We calculate the threshold singularities in one-dimensional models using the universal low-energy formfactors obtained in the framework of the non-linear Luttinger liquid model.

Word Forms

• formfactors

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include formability, forma, formular, formable, formatter, specifications.

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