"amplitude modulation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: amplitude modulations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} amplitude modulation (countable and uncountable, plural amplitude modulations)
  1. (radio) A method of sending information by modifying (modulating) the intensity (amplitude) of a carrier wave. Wikipedia link: amplitude modulation Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Radio Synonyms: AM Derived forms: quadrature amplitude modulation Related terms: amplitude-modulated, frequency modulation, phase modulation Translations (method of sending information): amplitud modulyasiyası (Azerbaijani), амплітудная мадуляцыя (amplitudnaja maduljacyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), амплитудна модулация (amplitudna modulacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), modulació de amplitud [feminine] (Catalan), amplitud modulada [feminine] (Catalan), 調幅 (Chinese Mandarin), 调幅 (tiáofú) (Chinese Mandarin), amplitudová modulace [feminine] (Czech), amplitudemodulation (Danish), amplitudemodulatie (Dutch), amplitudmodulado (Esperanto), amplituudmodulatsioon (Estonian), amplitudimodulaatio (Finnish), modulation d’amplitude [feminine] (French), Amplitudenmodulation [feminine] (German), διαμόρφωση εύρους (diamórfosi évrous) (Greek), διαμόρφωση πλάτους (diamórfosi plátous) (Greek), אפנון משרעת (Hebrew), amplitúdómoduláció (Hungarian), styrkmótun [feminine] (Icelandic), modulasi amplitudo (Indonesian), modulazione di ampiezza [feminine] (Italian), 振幅変調 (shinpukuhenchō) (alt: しんぷくへんちょう) (Japanese), 진폭 조음 (jinpok jo'eum) (Korean), modulātiō amplitūdinālis [Modern-Latin, feminine] (Latin), amplitūdas modulācija (Latvian), амплитудна модулација (amplitudna modulacija) [feminine] (Macedonian), modulasi amplitud (Malay), amplitudemodulasjon (Norwegian), modulacja amplitudy [feminine] (Polish), modulacja amplitudowa [feminine] (Polish), modulação de amplitude [feminine] (Portuguese), modulação em amplitude [feminine] (Portuguese), modulație de amplitudine [feminine] (Romanian), амплиту́дная модуля́ция (amplitúdnaja moduljácija) [feminine] (Russian), amplitudna modulacija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), amplitúdová modulácia [feminine] (Slovak), amplitudna modulacija [feminine] (Slovene), modulación de amplitud (Spanish), amplitud modulada (Spanish), amplitudmodulering [common-gender] (Swedish), การกล้ำแอมพลิจูด (Thai), genlik modülasyonu (Turkish), амплітудна модуляція (amplitudna moduljacija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-amplitude_modulation-en-noun-L-5Kpkjj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: broadcasting, media, radio

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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "method of sending information",
      "word": "modulación de amplitud"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "method of sending information",
      "word": "amplitud modulada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "method of sending information",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "amplitudmodulering"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "method of sending information",
      "word": "การกล้ำแอมพลิจูด"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "method of sending information",
      "word": "genlik modülasyonu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "amplitudna moduljacija",
      "sense": "method of sending information",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "амплітудна модуляція"
    }
  ],
  "word": "amplitude modulation"
}

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