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4000 count display

English translation: See explanation below...

14:54 Nov 4, 2008
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Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / electrical measurng instruments
English term or phrase: 4000 count display
Found in technical descriptions of electrical measuring instruments, e. g. "3 3/4 digit, 4000 count display". I cannot make out what the word "count" means here.

I will appreciate any explanation or a corresponding term in any language.
Kutsar Kutsarov
Bulgaria
Local time: 06:44
Selected answer:See explanation below...
Explanation:
I think you'll find it means that the 3 3/4 digit display is designed to display results up to 4000.

Normally, a 3-digit display can display results up to 999, and a 4-digit display can dispaly results up to 9999

We talk of a 3½-digit display when we mean one that can dispaly up to 1999 — i.e. the '½' digit [the leading one] can only display either 0 [or blank] or 1

So by extrapolation, I would imagine they mean that '3/4' digit can display figures only up to 3, thus allowing a count of 3999; or maybe up to 4, allowing a count of 4999.

Hope those few ideas help a bit!
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Tony M
France
Local time: 05:44
Grading comment
Many thanks for your helpful explanation!
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Tony M
4 -14000 dot display
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +5
See explanation below...


Explanation:
I think you'll find it means that the 3 3/4 digit display is designed to display results up to 4000.

Normally, a 3-digit display can display results up to 999, and a 4-digit display can dispaly results up to 9999

We talk of a 3½-digit display when we mean one that can dispaly up to 1999 — i.e. the '½' digit [the leading one] can only display either 0 [or blank] or 1

So by extrapolation, I would imagine they mean that '3/4' digit can display figures only up to 3, thus allowing a count of 3999; or maybe up to 4, allowing a count of 4999.

Hope those few ideas help a bit!

Tony M
France
Local time: 05:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 304
Grading comment
Many thanks for your helpful explanation!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD: http://books.google.com/books?id=y1w4xEbzZrkC&pg=PT108&lpg=P...
6 mins
  -> Thanks, Sibsab!
agree  orientalhorizon: There are some errors about the resolution on this link: http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/digital multimeter, I think you beat it, but it still can be of some explanatory value:).
14 mins
  -> Thanks, O/H! Yes, it all helps...
agree  Ken Cox: exactly
19 mins
  -> Thanks, Ken!
agree  chaman4723
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Chaman!
agree  Phong Le
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
4000 dot display


Explanation:
is it a multimeter by any chance? I was just doing something similar! It's like the pixels on a TV. The dots that make the display. The higher the number, the better the image.

JLLTranslation
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much for your answer. Actually this is not quite like the pixels but rather the maximum displayed value. Tony M's answer is correct - meanwhile I have found an explanation on the internet, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimeter - the section "Resolution / Digital". Regards.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Ken Cox: see Tony M's answer
19 mins
neutral  Tony M: I've never personally come across 'count' being used to mean 'dot', and in any case, at over 1000 dots per digit, that would be INCREDIBLY high resolution!
48 mins
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