time-domain reflectometry

Definitions

General Science

• noun
  (written as time domain reflectometry)
  a test which identifies where cable faults lie by sending a signal down the cable and measuring how long it takes for the reflection to come back.

Electronics

• The use of a time domain reflectometer to evaluate the transmission characteristics of a communications line, such as an optical fiber, abbreviation is TDR.
• acronymTDR

Nearby Definitions of “time-domain reflectometry”

• time-division duplexing
• time-division multiple access
• time division multiplexing
• time domain
• time-domain reflectometer
• time-domain reflectometry
• Time Horizon
• time inconsistency
• time-interval counter
• time is of the essence
• time-lapse photography

Contexts for “time-domain reflectometry”

3 definitions in context
• General Science
• Electronics