high-pass filter

high-pass filter definition - telecom
A device that passes all signals above a designated frequency (electrical) or wavelength (optical) band, but absorbs, attenuates, blocks, rejects, or removes all other signals. See also absorption, attenuation, band, band-pass filter, electrical, frequency, low-pass filter, optical, signal, and wavelength.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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