square wave

noun

Mathematics, Physics.

a graph, function, vibration, etc., that is periodic and equal to one constant on one half of the period and a different constant, which may be zero, on the other half.

square wave

noun

an oscillation, for example in voltage pulse, that alternates between two fixed values with a negligible transition time between the two, giving a rectangular waveform

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Word History and Origins

Origin of square wave¹

First recorded in 1930–35

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That said, this Model D app comes fully stocked with 160 lush and thick hallmark Moog sounds, from buzzy and delightfully harsh leads to squelchy and echoed square wave keys.

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In science, a “square wave” oscillates between its extremes, between the fixed minimum and fixed maximum.

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“Nothing is perfect,” Mark de Silva writes in his debut novel, “Square Wave.”

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In that way, "Square Wave" is like a Rorschach inkblot.

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So, for that matter, does Bill Wood’s “Square Wave,” which sprouts, like a crop of mirrored pyramids, from a gorgeous terraced garden on I Street.

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