The definitions won't mean anything to you without some theory. You need to gain understanding and learn names in parallel, otherwise you will simply be a parrot: knowing lots of words but not knowing what any of them mean.
+1.
See lots of audiophiles and subjective reviewers coming up with meanings and definitions for familiar words that tax the imagination as compared to good audio theory.
I'm not a Rush Limbaugh fan, but when he says "Words have meanings" he strikes a resonant chord in me.
Rather than a "dictionary", consider acquiring a broad-scope "reference handbook". Previous generations relied heavily on RCA's "Radiotron Designer's Handbook" and "Reference Data for Radio Engineers". (The former is definitely still worth having if your interests lean toward vacuum tubes; the latter is probably too out of date to have much value for new designs.)
Many people who do electronics either as a serious hobbyist, or as a collateral activity to their primary professional interest, swear by the book "The Art of Electronics" by Horowitz and Hill. I don't own a copy, but I have flipped through others' copies at least half a dozen times and I think I understand why it's so popular: the authors use a conversational, informal writing style liberally sprinkled with analogies and comparisons, so the reader has at least a crude feeling for how something behaves, before analyzing it in a more rigorous manner. The authors make no apologies for their use of mathematical models and equations but the math is kept to a college level introductory algebra course. Every other paragraph seems to include a comment about why a particular device, feature, or design technique should - or shouldn't - be used in a practical design.
An extensively revised version was released about a year ago. While the previous version was criticized in recent years for its numerous mentions of devices that were popular in the 1980's but long ago surpassed in performance as well as popularity, I'm sure the discussions and analysis of those devices can still give valuable insights into circuit design.
Dale
Many people who do electronics either as a serious hobbyist, or as a collateral activity to their primary professional interest, swear by the book "The Art of Electronics" by Horowitz and Hill. I don't own a copy, but I have flipped through others' copies at least half a dozen times and I think I understand why it's so popular: the authors use a conversational, informal writing style liberally sprinkled with analogies and comparisons, so the reader has at least a crude feeling for how something behaves, before analyzing it in a more rigorous manner. The authors make no apologies for their use of mathematical models and equations but the math is kept to a college level introductory algebra course. Every other paragraph seems to include a comment about why a particular device, feature, or design technique should - or shouldn't - be used in a practical design.
An extensively revised version was released about a year ago. While the previous version was criticized in recent years for its numerous mentions of devices that were popular in the 1980's but long ago surpassed in performance as well as popularity, I'm sure the discussions and analysis of those devices can still give valuable insights into circuit design.
Dale
Hi arnyk, I gave this a short pre read. This is good, very good, just what I was looking for, understandable with a basic description, the further you read the more detailed it is.
Very helpfull, Thanks
Very helpfull, Thanks
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