amplitude-modulation broadcasting

  • 1amplitude modulation — ► NOUN ▪ the modulation of a wave by varying its amplitude, used as a means of broadcasting an audio signal by radio …

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  • 2amplitude modulation — n. 1. the variation of the amplitude of a carrier wave in accordance with the signal being broadcast 2. a broadcasting system that uses this: Abbrev. AM: Cf. FREQUENCY MODULATION …

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  • 3Amplitude modulation — Passband modulation v · d · e Analog modulation AM · …

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  • 4amplitude modulation — noun Date: 1921 modulation of the amplitude of a radio carrier wave in accordance with the strength of the audio or other signal; also a broadcasting system using such modulation compare frequency modulation …

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  • 5amplitude modulation — noun the modulation of a wave by varying its amplitude, used especially as a means of broadcasting an audio signal by combining it with a radio carrier wave …

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  • 6Amplitude and phase-shift keying — or Asymmetric Phase shift keying, (APSK), is a digital modulation scheme that conveys data by changing, or modulating, both the amplitude and the phase of a reference signal (the carrier wave). In other words, it combines both Amplitude shift… …

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  • 7Modulation — For musical change of key, see Modulation (music). For other uses, see Modulation (disambiguation). Passband modulation v · d · e …

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  • 8modulation — /moj euh lay sheuhn, mod yeuh /, n. 1. the act of modulating. 2. the state of being modulated. 3. Music. transition from one key to another. 4. Gram. a. the use of a particular distribution of stress or pitch in a construction, as the use of… …

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  • 9Frequency modulation — See also: Amplitude modulation In telecommunications, frequency modulation (FM) conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its frequency (contrast this with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier is varied while its… …

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  • 10FM broadcasting — See also: frequency modulation and FM broadcast band FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation (FM) to provide high fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term FM band… …

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