An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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CCD gain
  بهره‌ی ِ سی‌سی‌دی  
bahre-ye CCD
Fr.: gain de CCD  

In a → CCD detector, the ratio of the initial number of electrons in a → pixel to the final number of → analog-to-digital units (or counts) reported by camera software. For example, a gain of 1.8 e-/count means that the camera produces 1 count for every 1.8 recorded electrons.

See also: → charge-coupled device (CCD); → gain.