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sideband

British  
/ ˈsaɪdˌbænd /

noun

  1. the frequency band either above ( upper sideband ) or below ( lower sideband ) the carrier frequency, within which fall the spectral components produced by modulation of a carrier wave See also single sideband transmission

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Dee Denver of the Oregon State University College of Science led a 10-week laboratory project that showed the effect of a biotool marketed as Nemaslug on the Pacific sideband snail.

From Science Daily Mar. 21, 2024

Theory of excitonic high-order sideband generation in semiconductors under a strong terahertz field.

From Nature May 1, 2018

Getting rid of the carrier and one sideband before they reach the transmitting antenna also means that the SSB receiver may be designed for extremely sharp tuning.

From Time Magazine Archive

SSB's one narrow sideband takes up less space than AM in the already overcrowded radio frequency spectrum, where the carrier waves of AM stations often beat against each other in whistling confusion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since each sideband uses only one-quarter the power of the original carrier, putting only one sideband on the air saves the transmitter a considerable amount of electrical work.

From Time Magazine Archive

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