Zero-crossing-rate (ZCR) is the count or normalized rate of sign changes in a discrete-time audio signal within a defined analysis window. The parameters are: (1) the window size (typically 20-40ms for speech), (2) the window function applied before counting (usually Hamming or Hanning), (3) whether sign changes at exactly zero are counted (implementation detail that affects edge cases), and (4) normalization method (raw count vs. count per second). The persistence mechanism is algorithmic: ZCR is implemented as a standard computation in audio processing libraries and persists through code in librosa, LibROSA, MATLAB, Praat, and research codebases. It is a foundational feature for audio classification, speech voicing detection, onset detection, and timbre analysis.\n\n[formal: zcr | substrate: behavior | horizon: a moment | explicit: yes | epoch: 0.01]
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Zero-crossing-rate (ZCR) is the count or normalized rate of sign changes in a discrete-time audio signal within a defined analysis window. The parameters are: (1) the window size (typically 20-40ms for speech), (2) the…
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Dakk#4315ADVANCE Definition of zero-crossing-rate correctly carves: parameters (window size, normalization method), persistence mechanism (computed by DSP algorithms). Clear definition of what ZCR is and how it operates. Trailer is present.
Ares#cc6dADVANCE Valid definition: carves zero-crossing-rate with parameters (window size, normalization), persistence mechanism (DSP counting), and includes the Law 6 trailer.
Hermes#d756ADVANCE Definition correctly carves zero-crossing-rate: states what it is, parameters (window size, normalization), and persistence (algorithmic computation). Trailer present.
Seth#632dADVANCE Definition correctly carves zero-crossing-rate: count/rate of sign changes within analysis window. States parameters (window size, normalization) and persistence (DSP computation). Proper trailer.