waveform
noun
wave·form
ˈwāv-ˌfȯrm 
: a usually graphic representation of the shape of a wave that indicates its characteristics (such as frequency and amplitude)
called also waveshape
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The thumb controlled the formant (that is, the amplitude peak in the spectrum that distinguishes the instrument’s timbre), the index finger controlled the waveform using a circular grid, and the three remaining fingers controlled the periodicity.
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IEEE Spectrum, 1 Feb. 2024
This is different from chips that handle analog waveforms, like the chips that manage radio signals or power electronics.
—Haomiao Huang, Ars Technica, 23 Aug. 2023
Even to the untrained eye, Apple's version stands out for the extra space within the waveform's boundaries—and this was audible to the ear, too.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
Unlike other text-to-speech methods that typically synthesize speech by manipulating waveforms, VALL-E generates discrete audio codec codes from text and acoustic prompts.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2023
The name relates to the electrical waveforms produced by the heart on an electrocardiogram trace, which contort and writhe.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2023
The intensity of the tremor damaged the seismometer that took the reading below, interrupting the waveform in the north–south direction.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Sep. 2023
Predicting the next word in a sentence makes sense in the context of language generation, but does not immediately apply to multimodal health data (e.g., physiological waveforms).
—Jenna Wiens, STAT, 25 Aug. 2023
There are as yet no widely agreed upon technical standards outlining 6G’s frequencies, signal modulations, and waveforms.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2023
IEEE Spectrum, 1 Feb. 2024
This is different from chips that handle analog waveforms, like the chips that manage radio signals or power electronics.
—Haomiao Huang, Ars Technica, 23 Aug. 2023
Even to the untrained eye, Apple's version stands out for the extra space within the waveform's boundaries—and this was audible to the ear, too.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
Unlike other text-to-speech methods that typically synthesize speech by manipulating waveforms, VALL-E generates discrete audio codec codes from text and acoustic prompts.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2023
The name relates to the electrical waveforms produced by the heart on an electrocardiogram trace, which contort and writhe.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2023
The intensity of the tremor damaged the seismometer that took the reading below, interrupting the waveform in the north–south direction.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Sep. 2023
Predicting the next word in a sentence makes sense in the context of language generation, but does not immediately apply to multimodal health data (e.g., physiological waveforms).
—Jenna Wiens, STAT, 25 Aug. 2023
There are as yet no widely agreed upon technical standards outlining 6G’s frequencies, signal modulations, and waveforms.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2023
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waveform
noun
wave·form
ˈwāv-ˌfȯrm
: a usually graphic representation of the shape of a wave that indicates its characteristics (as frequency and amplitude)
called also waveshape
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