nyquist frequency

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nyquist frequency - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Nyquist frequency
      n 1: (telecommunication) twice the maximum frequency occurring
           in the transmitted signal

nyquist frequency - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Nyquist frequency
  
     <DSP> The highest frequency that can be represented in a
     digital signal of a specified sampling frequency.  It is
     equal to one-half of the sampling rate.
  
     See Nyquist Theorem.
  
     (2001-06-06)