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quefrency en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkwifɹənsi/ (General-American)
  • /ˈkwiːfɹənsi/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From frequency with the consonant sounds of the first and second syllables switched, perhaps modelled after cepstrum which is derived from spectrum.

Meanings

  1. The inverse of the distance between successive lines in a Fourier transform, measured in seconds.

Forms

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quefrencies Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

cepstrum

Translations (2)

fi jaatuus (inverse of the distance between successive lines in a Fourier transform) · fr quéfrence (inverse of the distance between successive lines in a Fourier transform)