phase-lockingn.
/ˈfeɪzlɒkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfeɪzˌlɑkɪŋ/ Originally and chiefly Electronics.
The action of phase-lock v.
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quench1938
phase lock1953
phase-locking1955
1955 Proc. IRE 43 872/2 This phase-locking circuitry may also be used to make a divider of particular use in the microwave region where no other kind exists.
1963 Electronics 19 Apr. 45/2 Because phase-locking is used, the offset between channels is affected only by the frequencies assigned to the i-f reference oscillators.
1977 Proc. Royal Soc. Med. 70 379/2 Temporal information depends on phase-locking; the nerves fire at a particular phase of the stimulating wave-form so that for sinusoids the time intervals between firings are approximately integral multiples of the period of the wave-form.
2003 Product News Network (Nexis) 10 Dec. Other features include flow control with dual format synchronization, phase locking between channel and payload side clocks, DVB-type scrambler, helical interleaving and CRC computation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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