bandlimiting
|band-lim-it-ing|
/ˈbændˌlɪmɪt/
(band-limit)
limit a signal's frequency range
Etymology
'bandlimiting' originates from modern English as a compound of 'band' and 'limit' (formed as 'band-limit'), where 'band' referred to a strip or range and 'limit' comes from Latin via Old French meaning a boundary.
'band' comes from Old Norse/Old English roots meaning a strip or bond, while 'limit' derives from Latin 'limes' through Old French 'limite'; these elements were combined in modern technical English (20th century) into the compound 'band-limit' used in signal-processing contexts and yielded 'bandlimiting' for the action/process.
Initially the components 'band' and 'limit' referred generally to a bounded strip or boundary; in technical usage the compound evolved to mean specifically restricting the frequency range of a signal.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
the process or result of band-limiting; the condition of being band-limited.
Bandlimiting is required before analog-to-digital conversion to avoid aliasing artifacts.
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Verb 1
to restrict a signal's frequency spectrum so that only components within a specified frequency band remain (typically by applying a filter).
The engineers are bandlimiting the sampled signal to prevent aliasing.
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Last updated: 2026/01/10 15:08