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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: pile-up, <in a counting assembly>
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Definition: phenomenon where the time interval between the first and the following pulse is too short to allow the counting system to respond correctly to either pulse

Note 1 to entry: Pile-up will result in deterioration of resolution and may cause significant error.

Note 2 to entry: Modern systems can automatically detect and reject significant fractions of the piled up pulses.

Note 3 to entry: This entry was numbered 394-39-14 in IEC 60050-394:2007.


Publication date:2014-03
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