Gabor transform

noun

A special case of the short-time Fourier transform, used to determine the sinusoidal frequency and phase content of local sections of a signal as it changes over time.

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Meanings

nounGabor transform (plural Gabor transforms)

plural Gabor transforms

  1. computingA special case of the short-time Fourier transform, used to determine the sinusoidal frequency and phase content of local sections of a signal as it changes over time.

Origin

Named after Dennis Gabor.

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