Nyquist
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Swedish Nyqvist, from ny (“new”) + kvist (“branch”).
Proper noun edit
Nyquist (plural Nyquists)
- A surname from Swedish.
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Nyquist is the 16707th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1713 individuals. Nyquist is most common among White (94.57%) individuals.
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Nyquist (plural Nyquists)
- (mathematics, engineering) The Nyquist frequency of a system.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nyquist”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 685.