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add in quadrature

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.35 in modern English

Syllables
ad-d in quadra-ture
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To combine the magnitude of two uncorrelated signals, usually noise or errors, by taking the square root of the sum of the squares.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

adds in quadrature (present, singular) adding in quadrature (participle, present) added in quadrature (participle, past) added in quadrature (past)

Questions

What does add in quadrature mean?
To combine the magnitude of two uncorrelated signals, usually noise or errors, by taking the square root of the sum of the squares.

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