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 modify their carrier wave by injecting a tiny warble at the frequency they hope to probe.
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
A radio receiver tuned to have the same resonant frequency as the carrier wave can pick up the signal, while rejecting the many other frequencies impinging on its antenna.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Our projections are useless, as they can be driven only a very short distance upon our present carrier wave.
From Skylark Three by Wessolowski, Hans Waldemar
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