"baseband" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: basebands [plural]
Etymology: From base + band. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|base|band}} base + band Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} baseband (countable and uncountable, plural basebands)
  1. (telecommunications) The frequency range occupied by a message signal prior to modulation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (frequency range): kantataajuuskaista (Finnish), Basisband [neuter] (German), grunnband [neuter] (Icelandic), 기저대역 (gijeodaeyeok) (Korean), basband [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-baseband-en-noun-zFagSeiF Categories (other): Telecommunications, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 39 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 24 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 40 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 37 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 34 29 37 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 29 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 34 29 37 Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications Disambiguation of 'frequency range': 92 8 0
  2. (telecommunications, noun adjunct) A method of transmission in which only one frequency channel is used at a time. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-baseband-en-noun-~siXu2ZV Categories (other): Telecommunications, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 39 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 40 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 37 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 34 29 37 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 29 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 34 29 37 Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications
  3. (electronics) A device using baseband transmission. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (transmission method): kantataajuus- (Finnish), Basisbandübertragung [feminine] (German), 베이스밴드방식 (beiseubaendeubangsik) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-baseband-en-noun-n8i44lUC Categories (other): Electronics, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 39 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 40 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 37 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 34 29 37 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 29 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 29 31 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 29 31 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 34 29 37 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'transmission method': 5 42 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (method of transmission): lowpass Related terms: broadband, narrowband, passband, sideband, wideband
Disambiguation of 'method of transmission': 4 53 43

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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