First Known Use: 1877
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Fourier series
noun
Definition of FOURIER SERIES
: an infinite series in which the terms are constants multiplied by sine or cosine functions of integer multiples of the variable and which is used in the analysis of periodic functions
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Baron J.B.J. Fourier
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