Aliasing

Ambiguous detection in a sample data system. Aliasing occurs when the input frequency exceeds one half the sampling frequency. See also Velocity Aliasing.

In radar, the folding of target returns from outside the normal unambiguous range interval (range folding) into the normal range interval, or the folding of radial velocity measurements outside the unambiguous velocity interval (velocity folding) into the normal velocity interval.

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