multitaper

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noun

A technique to estimate the power spectrum of a stationary ergodic finite-variance random process, using several different data tapers which are orthogonal to each other.

OriginEnglish taper ← Middle English multi- ← Latin multī →
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Meanings

nounmultitaper (plural multitapers)

plural multitapers

  1. computingA technique to estimate the power spectrum of a stationary ergodic finite-variance random process, using several different data tapers which are orthogonal to each other.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Englishtaper
  7. Englishmultitaper

From multi- + taper.

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APA

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Chicago

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