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bandpass

Syllables: band·pass/ˈbænd.pæs/

bandpass is the alternative spelling of band-pass.

Meaning of band-pass

Adjective

band-pass (not comparable)

  1. Letting through only a specific range of electromagnetic frequencies.

Noun

bandpass (plural bandpasses)

  1. A filter that lets through only a specific range of electromagnetic frequencies.
    • The engineer designed an active bandpass to pick out the intermediate frequency from the noise.
    • Our circuit requires a stable bandpass to isolate the audio frequencies from high-frequency interference.

Antonyms of bandpass

Forms of bandpass

pluralbandpasses

Origin of bandpass

From band + pass. First emerged in the context of early radio communication; attested in patents filed by Western Electric in 1919.

Questions about bandpass

What does bandpass mean?
Bandpass means a filter that lets through only a specific range of electromagnetic frequencies.
What is bandpass the alternative spelling of?
Bandpass is the alternative spelling of band-pass.
What part of speech is bandpass?
Bandpass is a noun.
How do you pronounce bandpass?
Bandpass is pronounced /ˈbænd.pæs/.
What is the plural of bandpass?
The plural of bandpass is bandpasses.

Words near bandpass in the dictionary

  1. bandos
  2. bandoura
  3. bandouras
  4. bandourist
  5. bandourists
  6. bandpass
  7. bandpassed
  8. bandpasses
  9. bandpassing
  10. bandpath
  11. bandpaths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bandpass (page history and authors); band-pass (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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