Sensitive to the phase of a vibration, current, etc.; (of a detector or other device) producing an output that is proportional to the phase difference between an input and a reference signal.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.
Definition of phase-sensitive in US English:
phase-sensitive
adjective
Sensitive to the phase of a vibration, current, etc.; (of a detector or other device) producing an output that is proportional to the phase difference between an input and a reference signal.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.