Meanings
nouneye pattern (plural eye patterns)
plural eye patterns
- businessAn oscilloscope display of a data signal passed through a transmission line, clocked synchronously to the data symbols; used to analyze the quality of transmission.
Synonyms: eye diagram
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn oscilloscope display of a data signal passed through a transmission line, clocked synchronously to the data symbols; used to analyze the quality of transmission.
Similar
eye diagram
Origin
A binary signal passed through an LC lowpass filter looks like a row of eyes.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan diagrama d'ulls
- diagrama d'ullsoscilloscope display
Finnish silmäkuvio
- silmäkuviooscilloscope display
French diagramme de l'œil
- diagramme de l'œiloscilloscope display
German Augendiagramm
- Augendiagrammoscilloscope display
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APA
eye pattern. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye%20pattern
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“eye pattern.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye%20pattern. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eye pattern,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye%20pattern.
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