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   On Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:43:03 -0800 (PST), rickman    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Nov 20, 12:02 pm, klu...@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:   
   >> Dick Pierce   wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   >> >> I don't know, because I have never seen actual instantaneous RMS values   
   >> >> ever displayed anywhere.   
   >>   
   >> >The term "instantaneous RMS value" is itself meaningless.   
   >>   
   >> BINGO!  Mr. Pierce wins the kewpie doll!   
   >> --scott   
   >   
   >Except that it is wrong.  What is the instantaneous RMS value of -1...   
   >+1.  RMS doesn't have to be an integral or a sum. b   
   >   
   >Rick   
      
   It isn't. It is the square root of the mean of the squares. In the   
   case of -1, +1 it is 1.   
      
   The inclusion of the term "mean" says that there must be at least two   
   measurements - any fewer and you can't have a mean.   
      
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