| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Harmonic distortion | Aerospace | Nonlinear distortion characterized by the appearance in the output of multiples of the fundamental when the input wave is sinusoidal. (references) | |
| Harmonic distortion | Business | 1: In the output signal of a device, distortion caused by the presence of frequencies that are not present in the input signal. Note: Harmonic distortion is caused by nonlinearities within the device. (references) | |
| 2: The presence of harmonics that change an AC voltage waveform from sinusoidal to complex. (references) | |||
| Nth order harmonic distortion | Post & Telecom | Parasitic signals produced in an amplifier by the intermodulation of two or more signals of different frequency. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Total harmonic distortion | Computing | A) a distortion, due to nonlinear characteristics of a transmission, which results in the presence of harmonic frequencies in the response when a sinusoidal stimulus is applied; b) the ratio of the power of all harmonics as summed measured at the output of the transmission system to the power of the fundamental frequency observed at the output of the system (because of its nonlinearity), when a single frequency signal of specified power is applied to the input of the system. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Total harmonic distortion | Energy | The measure of closeness in shape between a waveform and it's fundamental component. (references) | |
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