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NTC

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-003944

Negative Temperature Coefficient, describing a material or component whose electrical resistance decreases as its temperature increases. Thermistors with NTC characteristics are widely used as temperature sensors and inrush current limiters in electronic circuits. Their resistance can change by several orders of magnitude over a practical temperature range.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-003944
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectIndustrial electronics
TranslationsGerman: NTC; Spanish: NTC; French: NTC
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-003944",
  "term": "NTC",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "Negative Temperature Coefficient, describing a material or component whose electrical resistance decreases as its temperature increases. Thermistors with NTC characteristics are widely used as temperature sensors and inrush current limiters in electronic circuits. Their resistance can change by several orders of magnitude over a practical temperature range.",
  "subject": "Industrial electronics",
  "translations": {
    "de": "NTC",
    "es": "NTC",
    "fr": "NTC"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/ntc/"
}

Record 4,288 of 7,291 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.