Pupin system

noun

Pu·​pin system

pyüˈpēn-

: a telephone communication system in which the fidelity of the transmission is increased by introducing inductance coils in the line at definite equal intervals

Word History

Etymology

after Michael I. Pupin †1935 American physicist and inventor

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