square wave


nounMathematics, Physics.
  1. a graph, function, vibration, etc., that is periodic and equal to one constant on one half of the period and a different constant, which may be zero, on the other half.

Origin of square wave

1
First recorded in 1930–35

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British Dictionary definitions for square wave

square wave

noun
  1. an oscillation, for example in voltage pulse, that alternates between two fixed values with a negligible transition time between the two, giving a rectangular waveform

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