phasor
noun
phasor is a noun meaning “A representation of a complex number in terms of a complex exponential” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-H-A-S-O-R, and it appears about once in every 12 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of phasor is phasors.
What does phasor mean?
noun
- 1
A representation of a complex number in terms of a complex exponential.
- 2
A plotted line whose length and angle represent the amplitude and phase, respectively, of a sinusoidally varying quantity such as an alternating current.
- 3
A phase modulator
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of phasor
- phasors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is phasor?
Phasor appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Phasor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense representation of a complex number:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | fasor |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does phasor come from?
Blend of phase + vector.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).