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CARRIER WAVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carrier wave mean? 

CARRIER WAVE (noun)
  The noun CARRIER WAVE has 1 sense:

1. a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signalplay

  Familiarity information: CARRIER WAVE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CARRIER WAVE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

carrier; carrier wave

Hypernyms ("carrier wave" is a kind of...):

radio emission; radio radiation; radio wave (an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 0.5 cm to 30,000 m)


 Context examples 


A device designed to isolate a data signal from a carrier wave.

(Demodulator Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)



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