Definitions

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  • noun mathematics A representation of a complex number in terms of a complex exponential.
  • noun sciences and (engineering) A plotted line whose length and angle represent the amplitude and phase, respectively, of a sinusoidally varying quantity such as an alternating current.

Etymologies

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Blend of phase and vector

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Examples

  • A phasor is a vector ( 'arrow') drawn in this plain representing a quantity like an electrical current, voltage or power.

    1. Phasor diagram 1992

  • Grid Monitoring Demonstrations will support the installation and networking of multiple high-resolution, time-synchronized grid monitoring devices, called phasor measurement units, that allow transmission system operators to see, and therefore influence, electric flows in real-time.

    U.S. Department of Energy - Press Releases 2010

  • Grid Monitoring Demonstrations will support the installation and networking of multiple high-resolution, time-synchronized grid monitoring devices, called phasor measurement units, that allow transmission system operators to see, and therefore influence, electric flows in real-time.

    U.S. Department of Energy - Press Releases 2010

  • Department of Energy to implement synchrophasors, also known as phasor measurement units (PMUs), to more accurately measure voltage and current within the Eastern Interconnection.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • * Grid Monitoring Demonstrations will support the installation and networking of multiple high-resolution, time-synchronized grid monitoring devices, called phasor measurement units, that allow transmission system operators to see, and therefore influence, electric flows in real-time.

    All American Patriots: US politics, domestic and world news, science, environment, energy and technology - Dispatches from the depths of U.S. government 2009

  • Electric Transmission Systems - devices, equipment, and/or software applications such as phasor measurement units, phasor data concentrators, and visualization tools that use phasor or other data in bulk power markets

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • A synchrophasor has several components, including a phasor-management unit, or PMU, which is installed inside a substation; GPS technology, which allows various PMUs to communicate with one another; and a centralized computer system, which provides an instant, comprehensive grid diagnostic.

    Buzzword: Synchrophasor 2010

  • A synchrophasor has several components, including a phasor-management unit, or PMU, which is installed inside a substation; GPS technology, which allows various PMUs to communicate with one another; and a centralized computer system, which provides an instant, comprehensive grid diagnostic.

    Buzzword: Synchrophasor 2010

  • Mark Terence Chapman: A case of Mars bars to offer friendly aliens, a phasor for the unfriendly aliens, and a sonic screwdriver — because stuff is always breaking down at the wrong time.

    Gabriella Hewitt » 2007 » October 2007

  • Mark Terence Chapman: A case of Mars bars to offer friendly aliens, a phasor for the unfriendly aliens, and a sonic screwdriver — because stuff is always breaking down at the wrong time.

    SCi-Fi Junkie Octoberfest #3 2007

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