carrier wave

British  

noun

1. radio a wave of fixed amplitude and frequency that is modulated in amplitude, frequency, or phase in order to carry a signal in radio transmission, etc See amplitude modulation frequency modulation

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Example Sentences

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

Here a carrier wave having the basic frequency of the radio station, perhaps 105.1 MHz, is modulated in frequency by the audio signal, producing a wave of constant amplitude but varying frequency.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

We must see what we are doing, so the light-rays must be heterodyned upon our carrier wave.

From Skylark Three by Wessolowski, Hans Waldemar