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Fourier series

Fou·ri·er se·ries


noun 
Definition:
 
mathematical series used in approximations: an infinite trigonometric series of terms consisting of constants multiplied by sines or cosines, used in the approximation of periodic functions

[Late 19th century. After Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier]
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