Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!emory!ducvax.auburn.edu!eng.auburn.edu!sjreeves From: sjreeves@eng.auburn.edu (Stan Reeves) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Question about distortion Message-ID: Date: 23 May 91 23:43:25 GMT References: <1991May23.070428.23505@funet.fi> Organization: Auburn University Engineering Lines: 16 Nntp-Posting-Host: coulomb.ee.eng.auburn.edu In article <1991May23.070428.23505@funet.fi> varri@cs.tut.fi (V{rri Alpo) writes: >Harmonic distortion is nonlinear distortion characterized by the >appearance in the output of harmonics other than the fundamental >component when the input wave is sinusoidal. > >What is the name of the distortion which does not appear at the >harmonic frequencies of the fundamental component but at some >other frequencies? Discordant distortion? ;-) -- Stan Reeves Auburn University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Auburn, AL 36849 INTERNET: sjreeves@eng.auburn.edu