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demodulation

noun
/dɪˌmɒdʃəˈleɪʃən/UK

Etymology

From de- + modulation.

  1. derived from *med-✻ — “to measure; etc.”
  2. derived from modulātiō — “regular or rhythmical measure, modulation; inflection of tone; (architecture) calculation of measurements from a standard unit; (Late Latin) act of making music or singing; melody, song”
  3. derived from modulation
  4. inherited from modulacion
  5. prefixed as demodulation — “de + modulation”

Definitions

  1. The inverse of the effect of modulation, or applying a signal to a carrier.

    • A radio transmitter applies modulation to a carrier wave and the receiver applies demodulation to it to recover the message.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for demodulation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA