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lowpass

lowpass adjective: describing a filter, circuit, or system that rejects or attenuates a frequencies above a specified value while passing those be.

Adjective

lowpass (not comparable)

  1. Describing a filter, circuit, or system that rejects or attenuates a frequencies above a specified value while passing those be.
    • From the “highpass-lowpass” filter, “bandpass-bandreject” filter, or the flat amplifier, the signal, after suitable amplification with adjustable gain, may be fed to a meter which gives the root mean square value of the voltage, …1950, Machinery and Production Engineering, volume 77, number 2, Machinery Publishing Company, page 636

Origin of lowpass

From low + pass.

Questions about lowpass

What does lowpass mean?
Lowpass means describing a filter, circuit, or system that rejects or attenuates a frequencies above a specified value while passing those be.
What part of speech is lowpass?
Lowpass is an adjective.

Words near lowpass in the dictionary

  1. lownest
  2. Lowney
  3. Lowneys
  4. lowns
  5. lowp
  6. lowpass
  7. lowpasses
  8. lowped
  9. lowping
  10. lowpitched
  11. lowpriced

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