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Significant instant

In telecommunications, a significant instant is the instant of change from one significant condition to another within a discretely-timed signal

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In telecommunications, a significant instant is the instant of change from one significant condition to another within a discretely-timed signal1

A signal in which the time interval between two successive significant instants is constant is called an isochronous signal. This time interval is called the unit interval.

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  1. "significant instant". Electropedia. International Electrotechnical Commission. November 1991. Retrieved 2025-10-16.

 This article incorporates public domain material from Federal Standard 1037C. General Services Administration. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. (in support of MIL-STD-188).

  • Bregni, Stefano (2002). Synchronization of Digital Telecommunications Networks. Wiley. ISBN 0-471-61550-1.