🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

串联控制

Pronunciation / Transliteration: chuànlián kòngzhì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tandem-control/ˈtæn.dəm kənˈtroʊl/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"该系统采用了串联控制技术以提高运行效率。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A system of governance, operation, or piloting where two mechanisms, devices, or individuals work in direct conjunction or succession to direct a process.

    "The aircraft is equipped with a tandem-control system allowing both pilot and co-pilot to manage the flight surfaces simultaneously."
  2. 2

    In psychology and behaviorism, a schedule of reinforcement where two or more basic schedules succeed one another in a specific order, with only the final schedule producing reinforcement.

    "The experiment tested animal behavior under a strict tandem-control schedule."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from 'tandem' (ultimately from Latin tandem meaning 'at length', later used for a carriage with horses harnessed one behind another) combined with 'control' (from Anglo-French contrerole). Originally adopted in engineering, aviation, and psychology to describe systems or operations where two elements act in parallel or directly follow one another to govern an output.

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