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Angles and right-angled triangles

There is a simple model for measuring signals: the circle containing a right-angled triangle:

  1. The hypotenuse corresponds to the radius of the circle.
  2. The vertical side corresponds to the magnitude (instantaneous amplitude) of the signal.
  3. The angle tex2html_wrap_inline35649 between the hypotenuse and the horizontal side corresponds to the phase.
  4. The right-angled triangle may be uniquely described by pairs of values, of which at least one must be the length of a side, and the other may be one of the other two angles:
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    2. h-side, v-side
    3. ...


Dafydd Gibbon
Wed May 22 08:36:40 MET DST 1996