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upconversion

noun

Etymology

From up- + conversion.

  1. derived from conversiō
  2. derived from conversion
  3. inherited from conversion
  4. prefixed as upconversion — “up + conversion”

Definitions

  1. The process by which two photons combine in a nonlinear medium to produce a higher-energy…

    The process by which two photons combine in a nonlinear medium to produce a higher-energy photon with a frequency that is the sum of those of the two photons

  2. Conversion of a lower radio frequency to a higher frequency, possibly using a mixer.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for upconversion. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA