Definition of Nyquist frequency

1. Noun. (telecommunication) twice the maximum frequency occurring in the transmitted signal.

Category relationships: Telecom, Telecommunication
Generic synonyms: Sampling Frequency

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nyquist Frequency

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Nylonkong
Nymphaea alba
Nymphaea caerulea
Nymphaea lotus
Nymphaea odorata
Nymphaea stellata
Nymphaeaceae
Nymphalidae
Nymphalis
Nymphalis antiopa
Nymphicus
Nymphicus hollandicus
Nynorsk
Nypa
Nyquist frequency (current term)
Nyquist rate
Nyssa
Nyssa aquatica
Nyssa sylvatica
Nyssaceae
Nystan
Nysten's law
Nyunga
Nyungar
Nyx
Nzema
Nzima
Nîmes
Nørrebro

Literary usage of Nyquist frequency

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989 edited by Thomas D. O'Rourke (1993)
"... error is negligible if the spectral amplitude at frequencies above the Nyquist frequency is negligible in comparison with the peak spectral amplitude. ..."

2. Technical Digest Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements edited by P. A. Williams, G. W. Day (2001)
"... excursion has to be reduced for a larger range so that no aliasing in the sampling is encountered (ie maximum beat frequency<Nyquist- frequency). ..."

3. Spatial Statistics and Imaging by Antonio Possolo (1991)
"... obtained by truncating the tails of a Gaussian function to zero at the Nyquist frequency consistent with the discretization used to compute estimates. ..."

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