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multitaper

multitaper 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.

Noun

multitaper (plural multitapers)

  1. 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.

Forms of multitaper

pluralmultitapers

Origin of multitaper

From multi- + taper.

Questions about multitaper

What does multitaper mean?
Multitaper means 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.
What part of speech is multitaper?
Multitaper is a noun.
What is the plural of multitaper?
The plural of multitaper is multitapers.

Words near multitaper in the dictionary

  1. multitailed
  2. multitalent
  3. multitalented
  4. multitalents
  5. multitap
  6. multitaper
  7. multitapered
  8. multitapers
  9. multitaps
  10. multitarget
  11. multitargeted

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