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DEGREE START-STOP DISTORTION [1 record]

Record 1 2002-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

The ratio to the unit interval of the maximum measured difference, irrespective of sign, between the actual and theoretical intervals separating any significant instant of modulation (or of restitution) from the significant instant of the start element immediately preceding it.

OBS

Degree of distortion of a start-stop modulation (or restitution) is usually expressed as a percentage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
DEF

Rapport à l'intervalle unitaire du maximum des différences mesurées, prises en valeur absolue, entre les intervalles réels séparant tout instant significatif de la modulation (ou de la restitution) de l'instant significatif de départ qui le précède immédiatement, et les intervalles théoriques correspondants.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medición y análisis (Ciencias)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
DEF

Razón, con respecto al intervalo unitario, de la diferencia máxima medida, tomada en valor absoluto, entre el intervalo teórico que separa un instante significativo cualquiera de la modulación (o de la restitución), del instante significativo del elemento de arranque que le precede inmediatamente.

OBS

El grado de distorsión de una modulación (o restitución) arrítmica se expresa generalmente en tanto por ciento.

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