Modern Dictionary of Electronics, Sixth Edition [Paperback]

Rudolf F. Graf Professional Technical Writer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 13, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0750698705 | ISBN-13: 978-0750698702 | Edition: 6

· Over 25,000 electronics terms
· Hundreds of illustrations
· Concrete meanings, not abstract or mathematical theory


The Modern Dictionary of Electronics is a classic, comprehensive reference book for engineers, technicians, students, and hobbyists. It includes practical terminology for consumer electronics, optics, microelectronics, communications, medical electronics, and packaging and production. Where appropriate, abbreviations and letter symbols are represented, and tables of SI units and schematic symbols are included in the back of the text.


· Over 25,000 electronics terms
· Hundreds of illustrations
· Concrete meanings, not abstract or mathematical theory

Editorial Reviews

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"With over 5000 new entries included, this dictionary is a valuable reference for professionals in the field, hobbyists, students, or anyone interested in the field of electronics." - Popular Electronics

From the Publisher

With over a million copies in print, the Modern Dictionary of Electronics is the bible of technology reference for readers around the world. Now fully updated by the original author, this essential, comprehensive reference book should be in the library of every engineer, technician, technical writer, hobbyist, and student. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1152 pages
• Publisher: Newnes; 6 edition (November 13, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750698705
• ISBN-13: 978-0750698702
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,749,472 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars defeat the egotist, July 9, 2006

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Gerald L. Sherwood "jerry" (missouri) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Modern Dictionary of Electronics, Seventh Edition (Paperback)

This dictionary is compete, larg and concice. It covers all aspects of electronics and is quite humbling. No one person can know it all.

age 79 retired from electronics.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive but a bit difficult to understand sometimes, May 27, 2011

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Gregory R. Hill "gregor" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Modern Dictionary of Electronics, Seventh Edition (Paperback)

I dabble in electronics as a hobby so a lot of times I will come across something with which I am unfamiliar. In those instances, a good reference is indispensable. I browsed this dictionary in a store once, and the entries I happened to look up were concise and thorough. However, it didn't seem worth the hundred dollars they were asking in the store (especially since the latest edition is over ten years old) so I picked it up on Amazon for about half that. After using it for a while I have discovered that some of the entries use language that is a bit technical for the hobbyist, but I can usually figure out what it is conveying if I think about it for a while, and perhaps cross-reference the material with another source like the Illustrated Encyclopedic Dictionary of Electronics by John Douglas-Young (which is written very clearly, but is much less comprehensive, with fewer entries, and is over twenty years old). I would actually give this book three and half stars. It's pretty good but not great.

4 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Electronics, June 22, 2000

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Sameh Kamel (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Modern Dictionary of Electronics, Seventh Edition (Paperback)

I like this book and especially it gives people in college looking for projects to learn from a very good start so they can build on.