Precisely, Dick! On Tuesday, February 25, 2020, Richard Solomon via time-nuts < time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote:
> The Ancient Romans had another, > not so nice, definition. > > 73, Dick, W1KSZ > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 7:56 AM Dana Whitlow via time-nuts < > time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote: > > > I'm confused: > > > > I seem to see multiple (at least double) meanings for the term > > 'decimation'. > > > > One meaning is simply: "take every nth sample and discard > > the others without regard to possible aliasing". > > > > The other meaning is: "take every nth sample, but first prefilter > > as appropriate to (sensibly) eliminate aliasing". > > > > Which is it? And if the answer is "both", then shouldn't we all > > be very careful to explicitly specify which meaning applies to > > the situation at hand whenever we use the term "decimation"? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Dana K8YUM > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to > > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > > and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/ > listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > -- Homo sum humani a me nihil alienum puto. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.