harmonic analysis

1. 1.

   analysis of a periodic function into a sum of simple sinusoidal components

   SynonymsFourier analysis

   Broaderanalysis

Questions about harmonic analysis

What does harmonic analysis mean?

harmonic analysis means "analysis of a periodic function into a sum of simple sinusoidal components".

What is another word for harmonic analysis?

Close synonyms include Fourier analysis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is harmonic analysis a common word?

harmonic analysis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.