intermodulation distortion

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intermodulation distortion - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  intermodulation distortion
  IMD
  
     <electronics, communications> (IMD) Nonlinear distortion
     in a system or transducer, characterised by the appearance
     in the output of frequencies equal to the sums and differences
     of integral multiples of the two or more component frequencies
     present in the input waveform.
  
     (2000-08-21)