boxcar function

Any function whose value is zero except for a finite part of its argument for which it has a constant non-zero value.

Noun

  1. Any function whose value is zero except for a finite part of its argument for which it has a constant non-zero value.

    Hypernyms: window function

Origin

Due to the graph resembling a rectangular boxcar on a railway line.

Forms

boxcar functions

Related

square wave