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out-of-phase
out-of-phase definition - telecom
- A signal that has suffered phase distortion so that the sinusoidal waveform has been unintentionally altered in phase, or periodic angle. See also phase and sine wave.
- Someone who is outof-sync or out-of-step with the normal world, whatever that is. Such people may be crazy as loons, but they seem to get by, and some even thrive, in spite of it. See also normal.
Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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