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push-pull

[ poosh-pool ]

noun

  1. Radio. a two-tube symmetrical arrangement in which the grid excitation voltages are opposite in phase.


adjective

  1. of or relating to electronic devices having components with balanced signals opposite in phase.

push-pull

noun

  1. using two similar electronic devices, such as matched valves, made to operate 180° out of phase with each other. The outputs are combined to produce a signal that replicates the input waveform

    a push-pull amplifier

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of push-pull1

First recorded in 1925–30
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“It was about negotiating the push-pull between speed and stasis,” says Lund.

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The urban push-pull of “Paris Street, Rainy Day” becomes the recreational play of looking at art.

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Many of the people I spoke to about the push-pull of company demands vs. worker desires mentioned — or at least alluded to — the importance of trust.

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The band say they put "immense pressure" on themselves to perfect the record, fixating on its push-pull dynamics, adding extra layers of context, and experimenting with new instruments.

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“A Real Pain”: Writer-director Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin, in perhaps career-best performances, play mismatched Jewish cousins whose push-pull dynamic plays out in both funny and affecting ways as they travel to Poland to visit the childhood home of their beloved late grandmother, a Holocaust survivor.

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