"signal processing" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} signal processing (uncountable)
  1. (electrical engineering) A subfield of electrical engineering focusing on analyzing, modifying and synthesizing signals, such as sound, images, potential fields, seismic signals, altimetry processing, and scientific measurements. Tags: uncountable
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  2. (electrical engineering) A subfield of electrical engineering focusing on analyzing, modifying and synthesizing signals, such as sound, images, potential fields, seismic signals, altimetry processing, and scientific measurements.
    Synonym of wave processing (“modifying the properties of a wave or/and translating it from one environment to the other”).
    Tags: uncountable Synonyms: wave processing [synonym, synonym-of]
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