Square Root Extraction is a mathematical process which is applied to a linear measurement scale to convert it to a non-linear square root scale.
The square root scale is generated by taking the square root of the ratio between measurement reading and full span.
Over a fixed measurement range with a square root extraction applied, the square root measurement will rise faster than the linear measurement at first, and then steadily slow down as measurement readings approach 100% full scale.
For example the flow of a gas or liquid through a closed pipe is proportional to the square root of the differential pressure. Therefore you can use a differential pressure sensor to measure flow by applying a square root extraction to the linear output.
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Glossary of Measurement Signal technical terms
- 2 Wire
- 3 Wire
- 4 to 20 mA Current Loop Output Signal
- 4 Wire
- Amplified Voltage Output
- BFSG – Bonded Foil Strain Gauge
- Deadband
- FSO – Full Scale Output
- HART®
- Intrinsic Safety
- mV/V – Millivolts per Volt Output Signal
- NC – Normally Closed
- NO – Normally Open
- Piezoresistive Strain Gauges
- Rangeable
- Ratiometric
- Span
- Span Offset
- Span Sensitivity
- Threshold
- Totalizer
- Transducer
- Transmitter
- TSL – Terminal Straight Line
- TSS – Thermal Span or Sensitivity Shift
- Turndown Ratio
- USB
- Vented Cable
- Wheatstone Bridge Strain Gauge
- Zero Offset
- Zero Tare
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