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square wave

noun

, Mathematics, 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.


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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of square wave1

First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences

That said, this Model D app comes fully stocked with 160 lush and thick hallmark Moog sounds, from buzzy and delightfully harsh leads to squelchy and echoed square wave keys.

In science, a “square wave” oscillates between its extremes, between the fixed minimum and fixed maximum.

“Nothing is perfect,” Mark de Silva writes in his debut novel, “Square Wave.”

In that way, "Square Wave" is like a Rorschach inkblot.

So, for that matter, does Bill Wood’s “Square Wave,” which sprouts, like a crop of mirrored pyramids, from a gorgeous terraced garden on I Street.

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