English
Joy plot
Blend of Joy Division + plot, from a plot that was made famous by the band Joy Division, who used the plotting of a signal from pulsar CP1919 as the cover image for their 1979 album Unknown Pleasures.
A blend of joy division + plot
The story
Blend of Joy Division + plot, from a plot that was made famous by the band Joy Division, who used the plotting of a signal from pulsar CP1919 as the cover image for their 1979 album Unknown Pleasures.uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain.
Today it means
noun A plot of a repetitive signal, by repeatedly plotting each period on a separate line one under another, to create a pseudo-3D image that appears like a mountainous ridge.
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