Definitions for "Form factor"
Keywords:  atx, motherboard, rectified, rms, scr
Term used to describe the drive's disk size. Currently, the following form-factors (disk diameters) are the most common: 3.5" and 3.0"(desk-top computer and servers) and 2.5" (laptops). A new 1" format was recently introduced in drives for palm-size computers and digital cameras (i.e., IBM Microdrive).
The physical properties of a product, ie its size, shape etc...
A standard size and shape used for hardware products, devices or components. For example, most 3.5-inch floppy disk drives have the same dimension so that they can fit interchangeably into computer cabinets.
A multiplier (also called the coefficient of reduction) which relates the shape of a bullet to the shape of the standard projectile used to prepare a particular ballistic table.
See Coefficient of Form.
A multiplier which relates the shape of a bullet to the shape of the standard or reference projectile used to determine the ballistic coefficient.
Keywords:  pptcs, washers, axial, radial, polymer
The package that holds the chemical make-up of polymer and carbon. PPTCs are packaged in the following forms; radial, axial, surface mount chips, disks, and washers.
Keywords:  plc, bus, alone, stand, describe
A term used to describe whether a system is a stand alone, bus based or PLC based.
a measure of the projected solid angle of one surface as seen be another