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Heron, you jumped right on it.
I had just submitted an initial version and was in the process of polishing it up when you started making edits...
Well, since they seem to be real improvements, I'm going to leave it to you!
Hey - Inductance is measured in Henrys - because its the name of soemone, y plural does not become ies! minor blip
An electric circuit, or electrical network, consists of electrical elements or components connected by conductors. 204.56.7.1
Don't forget that an electrical 'element' can also be interpreted as a stove/water heater/kettle heating element. As per dictionary.com: Element # 6. The resistance wire in an electrical appliance such as a heater or an oven. Chapmeister
I suggest a merge, Electrical_element → electronic component because they are different terms for the same thing. If, however, people feel they should remain separate, then, I'd add an explanation of the difference in both entries. See below for a discussion of "electric" vs "electronic". Davide Andrea 13:32, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Upon further reflection, I believe that the original reason for which I suggested a merge is that this article seems to confuse "Electric Element" as an item in an electric schematic, with a Physical Component. I say that for 2 reasons:
Therefore, what I am more inclined to do now, is to suggest that:
Davide Andrea 15:23, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Having received no feedback, I implemented the change.
Davide Andrea 15:00, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
The Category:Electrical components needs to be cleaned up and possibly renamed to reflect whatever is decided here. -- RichardVeryard 01:15, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
What exactly is the difference between an electrical component and an electronic component? Please explain or merge. -- RichardVeryard 08:28, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
I reckon four elements will suffice: the resistor, either of the two reactive components, the gyrator and any one of the four sources. -- catslash ( talk) 17:52, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
The article says the memristor "only has any meaning as a time-dependent non-linear element; as a time-independent linear element it reduces to a regular resistor." I find the second clause confusing. In an ideal memristor, any application of voltage changes the element's resistance because the resistance is a function of the integral over flux. So doesn't that make the idea of time-independence meaningless? Is there a better way of saying what was meant, or am I missing something (quite likely!). Thanks. p.r.newman ( talk) 18:14, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
I suggest Nonlinear element and Linear element be merged into this article. They are stubs which cover complimentary aspects of the same subject, which is also covered in this article in the Non-linear elements section (although this section could be improved). If these were expanded into adequate articles they would contain a lot of redundant explanations. We also have Linear circuit covering this subject. -- Chetvorno TALK 21:56, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
Agreed that a merge makes sense. Seeing the above, I merged nonlinear element as a start, but Spinningspark reverted without improvement. What's up? cc Chetvorno – SJ + 22:43, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
I've removed (and re-removed) the short description imported from Wikidata. "(Smallest) fundamental unit regarded as part of an electrical circuit". Koavf, if you have a source that so describes electrical elements, then please present it. If you have just blindly copied this from Wikidata, then please defer to those who know something. It is not my responsibilty to clean up the misinformation coming out of Wikidata (of which there has been a great deal in this subject area), it is for you to provide a citation per WP:CHALLENGE. I have been improving some of these, but I have come to the conclusion that the information over there is uniformly bad, or at least unreliable, so I've stopped doing it. No information is preferable to wrong information. Get it right, or leave a short description to someone who can. Spinning Spark 18:28, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
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Heron, you jumped right on it.
I had just submitted an initial version and was in the process of polishing it up when you started making edits...
Well, since they seem to be real improvements, I'm going to leave it to you!
Hey - Inductance is measured in Henrys - because its the name of soemone, y plural does not become ies! minor blip
An electric circuit, or electrical network, consists of electrical elements or components connected by conductors. 204.56.7.1
Don't forget that an electrical 'element' can also be interpreted as a stove/water heater/kettle heating element. As per dictionary.com: Element # 6. The resistance wire in an electrical appliance such as a heater or an oven. Chapmeister
I suggest a merge, Electrical_element → electronic component because they are different terms for the same thing. If, however, people feel they should remain separate, then, I'd add an explanation of the difference in both entries. See below for a discussion of "electric" vs "electronic". Davide Andrea 13:32, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Upon further reflection, I believe that the original reason for which I suggested a merge is that this article seems to confuse "Electric Element" as an item in an electric schematic, with a Physical Component. I say that for 2 reasons:
Therefore, what I am more inclined to do now, is to suggest that:
Davide Andrea 15:23, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Having received no feedback, I implemented the change.
Davide Andrea 15:00, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
The Category:Electrical components needs to be cleaned up and possibly renamed to reflect whatever is decided here. -- RichardVeryard 01:15, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
What exactly is the difference between an electrical component and an electronic component? Please explain or merge. -- RichardVeryard 08:28, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
I reckon four elements will suffice: the resistor, either of the two reactive components, the gyrator and any one of the four sources. -- catslash ( talk) 17:52, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
The article says the memristor "only has any meaning as a time-dependent non-linear element; as a time-independent linear element it reduces to a regular resistor." I find the second clause confusing. In an ideal memristor, any application of voltage changes the element's resistance because the resistance is a function of the integral over flux. So doesn't that make the idea of time-independence meaningless? Is there a better way of saying what was meant, or am I missing something (quite likely!). Thanks. p.r.newman ( talk) 18:14, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
I suggest Nonlinear element and Linear element be merged into this article. They are stubs which cover complimentary aspects of the same subject, which is also covered in this article in the Non-linear elements section (although this section could be improved). If these were expanded into adequate articles they would contain a lot of redundant explanations. We also have Linear circuit covering this subject. -- Chetvorno TALK 21:56, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
Agreed that a merge makes sense. Seeing the above, I merged nonlinear element as a start, but Spinningspark reverted without improvement. What's up? cc Chetvorno – SJ + 22:43, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
I've removed (and re-removed) the short description imported from Wikidata. "(Smallest) fundamental unit regarded as part of an electrical circuit". Koavf, if you have a source that so describes electrical elements, then please present it. If you have just blindly copied this from Wikidata, then please defer to those who know something. It is not my responsibilty to clean up the misinformation coming out of Wikidata (of which there has been a great deal in this subject area), it is for you to provide a citation per WP:CHALLENGE. I have been improving some of these, but I have come to the conclusion that the information over there is uniformly bad, or at least unreliable, so I've stopped doing it. No information is preferable to wrong information. Get it right, or leave a short description to someone who can. Spinning Spark 18:28, 25 June 2019 (UTC)