Distortion involving change in the phase relations of the components of a waveform, caused especially by a difference in the speed of propagation for different frequencies.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.
Definition of phase distortion in US English:
phase distortion
noun
Distortion involving change in the phase relations of the components of a waveform, caused especially by a difference in the speed of propagation for different frequencies.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.