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== Definitions ==

1. the idle uninfluenced movement of the needle on the dial without any patterns or reactions in it. It can be as small as one inch or as large as dial wide. It does not [[FALL|fall]] or [[DROP|drop]] to the [[RIGHT|right]] of the dial. It moves to the left at the same speed as it moves to the right. It is observed on a Mark V [[E-METER|E-meter]] calibrated with the TA between 2.0 and 3.0 with [[GIS|GIs]] in on the pc. It can occur after a [[COGNITION|cognition]], [[BLOWDOWN|blowdown]] of the TA or just moves into [[FLOATING|floating]]. The pc may or may not voice the cognition.
''(HCOB 7 May 69 V)''

2. floating needles, free needles are the same thing. Once you've seen one you'll never make a mistake on one again. For it floats. It ceases to [[REGISTER|register]] on the pc's [[BANK|bank]]. It just idly floats about or won't stand up even at low sensitivity. The TA goes to any place between 2 and 3 and the needle floats.
''(HCOB 2 Aug 65)''