Dangling Participles. Dangling participles (also known as dangling modifiers) sound more painful than they actually are. Consider the following sentences all of which contain dangling participles or dangling modifiers. In the sentence below, the modifying clause (Rushing to catch the bus) contains a participle (rushing).
S/N and (S+N)/N When measuring signal to noise ratio there are two basic elements to the measurement. One is the noise level and the other is the signal. As a result of the way measurements are made, often the signal measurement also includes noise as well, i.e. it is a signal plus noise measurement.
RECEIVER SENSITIVITY / NOISE. RECEIVER SENSITIVITY. Sensitivity in a receiver is normally taken as the minimum input signa l (S min ) required to produce a specified output. signal having a specified signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio and is defined as the minimum signal-to-noise ratio times the mean. noise power, se e equation [1].