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ripple control

British  

noun

  1. the remote control of a switch by electrical impulses

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Moreover, in the nine months since G.M.P. installed ripple control, not a single customer has complained.

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In Western Europe, where electric power has always been expensive, ripple control has been in use for 30 years.

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