balun

[bal-uhn]

bal·un

[bal-uhn]
noun Electricity.
a device for converting a balanced line into an unbalanced line and vice versa.
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balun (ˈbælən)
 
n
electronics a device for coupling two electrical circuit elements, such as an aerial and its feeder cable, where one is balanced and the other is unbalanced
 
[C20: shortened from bal(anced to) un(balanced transformer)]

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balun definition

electronics
A transformer connected between a balanced source or load and an unbalanced source or load. A balanced line has two conductors, with equal currents in opposite directions. The unbalanced line has just one conductor; the current in it returns via a common ground or earth path.
(1996-10-17)

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