<s>
The	O
degree	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
isochronous	I-General_Concept
distortion	I-General_Concept
,	O
in	O
data	O
transmission	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
ratio	O
of	O
the	O
absolute	O
value	O
of	O
the	O
maximum	O
measured	O
difference	O
between	O
the	O
actual	O
and	O
the	O
theoretical	O
intervals	O
separating	O
any	O
two	O
significant	O
instants	O
of	O
modulation	B-Application
(	O
or	O
demodulation	B-Device
)	O
,	O
to	O
the	O
unit	O
interval	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
prolonged	O
modulation	B-Application
(	O
or	O
demodulation	B-Device
)	O
,	O
it	O
will	O
be	O
appropriate	O
to	O
consider	O
the	O
probability	O
that	O
an	O
assigned	O
value	O
of	O
the	O
degree	O
of	O
distortion	O
will	O
be	O
exceeded	O
.	O
</s>
