Botany. 1  a tuft of silky hairs at the end of a seed. 2  the leafy crown of a tree; cluster of leaves at the end of a stem. 3  a terminal cluster of bracts, as in the pineapple.
The flexible pads are called base-isolators, whereas the structures protected by means of these devices are called base-isolated buildings. The main feature of the base isolation technology is that it introduces flexibility in the structure.
Interface to a HIPERFACE Position Encoder. 1.1.2 HIPERFACE Physical Layer for the Analog Sin/Cos Interface. Incremental rotary or linear position encoders are used in many applications to measure angular or linear. position and speed. Depending on the application, encoders with TTL/HTL output signals or analog.