# Gabor atom

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A kind of function used in the analysis proposed by Dennis Gabor in 1946 in which a family of functions is built from translations and modulations of a generating function.

## Etymology
Named after Dennis Gabor.

## Source
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