Nominal power

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'''Nominal power''' is a [[power (physics)|power]] capacity in engineering.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.resistorguide.com/power-rating/|title=Power rating » Resistor Guide}}</ref><ref>[https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/125100_125199/125102/03.12.00_60/ts_125102v031200p.pdf Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)];</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://people.bu.edu/dew11/turbineperformance.html|title=Coherent Application Threads (CATS)|website=people.bu.edu}}</ref>

==Radio broadcasting==
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Nominal power is a measurement of a [[mediumwave]] [[radio station]]'s output used in the [[United States]].

==Photovoltaic devices==
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Nominal power is the [[nameplate capacity]] of [[photovoltaic]] (PV) devices, such as [[solar cell]]s, [[solar module|panels]] and [[PV system|systems]], and is determined by measuring  the [[electric current]] and [[voltage]] in a [[electric circuit|circuit]], while varying the [[Electrical resistance|resistance]] under precisely defined conditions.

==See also==
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* [[Power rating]]
* [[Real versus nominal value]]

==References==
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[[Category:Electrical engineering]]


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