Definition of Harmonic analysis

1. Noun. Analysis of a periodic function into a sum of simple sinusoidal components.

Exact synonyms: Fourier Analysis
Generic synonyms: Analysis

Definition of Harmonic analysis

1. Noun. (analysis) A study of the representation of functions or signals as the superposition of basic waves, involving the notions of harmonic functions, trigonometric series, Fourier series, Fourier transforms, almost periodic functions, and others. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Harmonic Analysis

harmfulnesses
harmidine
harmin
harmine
harmines
harming
harmins
harmless
harmlessly
harmlessness
harmlessnesses
harmolodic
harmolodics
harmonia
harmonic
harmonic analysis (current term)
harmonic analyzer
harmonic bounding
harmonic function
harmonic functions
harmonic law
harmonic mean
harmonic minor scale
harmonic minor scales
harmonic motion
harmonic number
harmonic numbers
harmonic oscillator
harmonic oscillators
harmonic progression

Literary usage of Harmonic analysis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"Oil the Application of harmonic analysis to the Dynamical Theory of the Tides. Part II. On the general Integration of Laplace's Dynamical Equations. ..."

2. The Science of Musical Sounds by Dayton Clarence Miller (1916)
"LECTURE IV ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF HARMONIC; CURVES harmonic analysis CURVES and wave forms such as those obtained with the ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1893)
"harmonic analysis of Hourly Observations of Air Temperature and Pressure at British. Observatories. Part I. Temperature." . By Lieut-General R. STRACHEY, ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1885)
"Second Report of the Committee, consisting of Professors GH DAR\VIN und JC ADAMS, for the harmonic analysis of Tidal Observations. ..."

5. Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900: Subject Indexby Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod by Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod (1908)
"... harmonic analysis, definite integrals. Niren, WD Phil. Trans. 170 (1880) 379-. , theorem. Darwin, GH Mess. Mth. — •— of nth order, general canonical ..."

6. Popular Lectures and Addresses by William Thomson Kelvin (1891)
"... by the British Association in 1867 "for the Purpose of Promoting the Extension, Improvement, and harmonic analysis, of Tidal Observations. ..."

7. Researches in Experimental Phonetics: The Study of Speech Curves by Edward Wheeler Scripture (1906)
"A practical method of deducing the necessary sinusoids from the original curve has been developed; the method is known as " simple harmonic analysis. ..."

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