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harmonic distortion

noun

electronics distortion caused by nonlinear characteristics of electronic apparatus, esp of audio amplifiers, that generate unwanted harmonics of the input frequencies

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Nearby words

  1. harmolodics,
  2. harmonia,
  3. harmonic,
  4. harmonic analysis,
  5. harmonic conjugates,
  6. harmonic interval,
  7. harmonic law,
  8. harmonic mean,
  9. harmonic minor scale,
  10. harmonic motion
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