"Butterworth filter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Butterworth filters [plural]
Etymology: First described in 1930 by the British engineer and physicist Stephen Butterworth. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Butterworth filter (plural Butterworth filters)
  1. (signal processing) A kind of filter designed to have as flat a frequency response as possible in the passband. Wikipedia link: Butterworth filter Categories (topical): Signal processing

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