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At the moment, may be you read something like this:
“When the lower chamber is filled with air the membrane pushes upwards and closes the valve, preventing the binary signal flowing across one of the processor's junctions…”
(New Scientist, August 2009).
But you could be reading this in a simpler form:
“When the lower chamber1 is filled with air the membrane2 pushes higher and shuts the valve3 putting a stop to the binary4 signal5 moving across one of the processor's joints...”
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1 chamber Shut-in space.
2 membrane (A bit of) thin, skin-like material, sp. made from plant or animal substance, used in science apparatus.
3 valve Any automatic or other apparatus forming part of a pipe or other vessel, by which the pipe etc. may be opened or shut, completely or to some degree, by the operation of some moving part (sometimes working like a door, sometimes slipping or rolling into place) for the purpose of letting through in one direction only, or of controlling or keeping back as desired, a current of liquid or gas, or a mass of loose solid material; the moving part of a valve, by whose change of position the valve is shut or opened.
4 binary Made up of two things or parts.
5 signal A sign, sp. one such as a light or sound, an electric current, the motion of an apparatus, etc., designed to give news or orders or to get attention at a distance; in the telegraph, telephone or radio, any electric current designed to have an effect on another apparatus.
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