"add in quadrature" meaning in English

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      "form": "adds in quadrature",
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      "form": "adding in quadrature",
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      "form": "added in quadrature",
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      "form": "added in quadrature",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "1982, “Theory of generation‐recombination noise in intrinsic photoconductors”, in Journal of Applied Physics, volume 53, →DOI",
          "text": "The derived expression for the g‐r noise consists of a thermal component and a background component which add in quadrature.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To combine the magnitude of two uncorrelated signals, usually noise or errors, by taking the square root of the sum of the squares."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sciences, engineering) To combine the magnitude of two uncorrelated signals, usually noise or errors, by taking the square root of the sum of the squares."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
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  "word": "add in quadrature"
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      "form": "adds in quadrature",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "adding in quadrature",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "added in quadrature",
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        "past"
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    },
    {
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          "ref": "1982, “Theory of generation‐recombination noise in intrinsic photoconductors”, in Journal of Applied Physics, volume 53, →DOI",
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        "To combine the magnitude of two uncorrelated signals, usually noise or errors, by taking the square root of the sum of the squares."
      ],
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        "(sciences, engineering) To combine the magnitude of two uncorrelated signals, usually noise or errors, by taking the square root of the sum of the squares."
      ],
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        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
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