"frequency modulation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: frequency modulations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} frequency modulation (countable and uncountable, plural frequency modulations)
  1. (sound, radio) the use of a modulating wave to vary the instantaneous frequency of a carrier wave Wikipedia link: frequency modulation Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Radio, Sound Synonyms: FM Related terms: amplitude modulation, frequency-modulated, phase modulation Translations (use of a modulating wave): частотная мадуляцыя (častótnaja maduljacyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), ফ্রিকোয়েন্সি মডুলেশন (phrikōẇenśi moḍuleśon) (Bengali), честотна модулация (čestotna modulacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), modulació de freqüència [feminine] (Catalan), freqüència modulada [feminine] (Catalan), 調頻 (Chinese Mandarin), 调频 (tiáopín) (Chinese Mandarin), frekvenční modulace [feminine] (Czech), frekvensmodulation (Danish), frequentiemodulatie (Dutch), frekvencmodulado (Esperanto), sagedusmodulatsioon (Estonian), taajuusmodulaatio (Finnish), modulation de fréquence (French), სიხშირული მოდულაცია (sixširuli modulacia) [feminine] (Georgian), Frequenzmodulation (German), διαμόρφωση συχνότητας (diamórfosi sychnótitas) (Greek), אפנון תדר (Hebrew), आवृत्ति मॉड्यूलेशन (āvŕtti mŏḍyūleśan) (Hindi), tíðnimótun [feminine] (Icelandic), modulasi frekuensi (Indonesian), modulazione di frequenza (Italian), 周波数変調 (shūhasūhenchō) (alt: しゅうはすうへんちょう) (Japanese), 주파수 변조 (jupasu byeonjo) (Korean), modulatio frequentiae [feminine] (Latin), frekvences modulācija (Latvian), dažninė moduliacija (Lithuanian), фреквенциска модулација (frekvenciska modulacija) [feminine] (Macedonian), frekvensmodulasjon (Norwegian), مدولاسیون فرکانس (Persian), modulacja częstotliwości [feminine] (Polish), modulação de frequência [feminine] (Portuguese), modulação em frequência [feminine] (Portuguese), modulație de frecvență [feminine] (Romanian), modulație în frecvență [feminine] (Romanian), частотная модуля́ция (častotnaja moduljácija) (Russian), frekvencijska modulacija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), frekvenčná modulácia [feminine] (Slovak), frekvenčna modulacija [feminine] (Slovene), modulación de la frecuencia (Spanish), frecuencia modulada [feminine] (Spanish), frekvensmodulering [common-gender] (Swedish), frekans modülasyonu (Turkish), частотна модуляція (častotna moduljacija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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      "sense": "use of a modulating wave",
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      "sense": "use of a modulating wave",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "modulação de frequência"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "use of a modulating wave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "modulação em frequência"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "use of a modulating wave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "modulație de frecvență"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "use of a modulating wave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "modulație în frecvență"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "častotnaja moduljácija",
      "sense": "use of a modulating wave",
      "word": "частотная модуля́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "use of a modulating wave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frekvencijska modulacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "use of a modulating wave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frekvenčná modulácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "use of a modulating wave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frekvenčna modulacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "use of a modulating wave",
      "word": "modulación de la frecuencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "use of a modulating wave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frecuencia modulada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "use of a modulating wave",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "frekvensmodulering"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "use of a modulating wave",
      "word": "frekans modülasyonu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "častotna moduljacija",
      "sense": "use of a modulating wave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "частотна модуляція"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frequency modulation"
}

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