highpass

See also: high-pass

English

Etymology

From high +‎ pass.

Adjective

highpass (not comparable)

  1. (electronics) Describing a filter, circuit, or system that rejects or attenuates a frequencies below a specified value while passing those above.
    • 1950, Machinery and Production Engineering, volume 77, number 2, Machinery Publishing Company, page 636:
      From the “highpass-lowpass” filter, “bandpass-bandreject” filter, or the flat amplifier, the signal, after suitable amplification with adjustable gain, may be fed to a meter which gives the root mean square value of the voltage, …

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