Definitions

1. noun

A unit of measurement for the bandwidth of a communication system, equal to the number of times a signal can be modulated per second.

“The engineer needed to determine the Nyquist frequency for the audio signal to ensure it was transmitted accurately.”

2. noun

Harry Nyquist, an American engineer and scientist after whom the Nyquist frequency is named.

“Harry Nyquist’s work on communication theory was instrumental in the development of modern telecommunications.”