PHASOR


Meaning of PHASOR in English

/fay"zeuhr/ , n. Physics.

a vector that represents a sinusoidally varying quantity, as a current or voltage, by means of a line rotating about a point in a plane, the magnitude of the quantity being proportional to the length of the line and the phase of the quantity being equal to the angle between the line and a reference line.

[ 1940-45; PHASE + (VECT)OR ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .