carrier wave
Britishnoun
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This is done by varying the amplitude of the carrier wave in accordance with the frequency of the audio signal.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
The researchers couple their resonating circuit to a second, higher frequency circuit, so that, much as in AM radio, any dark matter signal would make the amplitude of the higher frequency carrier wave warble.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 27, 2022
Lightwave electronics3—the foundation of attosecond science4—uses the oscillating carrier wave of intense light pulses to control the translational motion of the electron’s charge faster than a single cycle of light5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15.
From Nature ● May 1, 2018
The receiver’s circuitry is designed to respond to variations in amplitude of the carrier wave to replicate the original audio signal.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Used as a pure carrier wave, with a sender and a receiver at each end, it isn't so bad—that's why our communicator and radio systems work as well as they do.
From Spacehounds of IPC by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
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