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Meanings of carrier wave in inglês

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Waveform (usually sinusoidal) that is modulated (modified) with an input signal for the purpose of conveying information.

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Usage of carrier wave in inglês
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The carrier wave hissed for another couple of seconds, then fell silent.
The Reality Dysfunction
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The BBC went off the air; even the carrier wave died.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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We generate a blanket frequency, impressed upon the ultra carrier wave.
Spacehounds of IPC
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They managed to produce a carrier wave I could detect on their last attempt.
The Sails of Tau Ceti
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She broadcast a resonant carrier wave at that signal and piggybacked into the system.
The Fall of Reach
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Phones were dead and the radio in the police car brought only a carrier wave.
Moonfall
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We can't get the carrier wave for the remote-control impulses to go very far underwater.
Anything You Can Do ...
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Walls, planets, even suns, do not bar our vision, because of the fifth-order carrier wave.
Skylark Three
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There was a moment's silence while the satellite's carrier wave emitted a few electronic bleeps.
The Reality Dysfunction
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But there's a carrier wave from your tooth-implant.
Existence
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The radio hummed for a second, the carrier wave cut off, and then there was silence.
Alas, Babylon
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We must see what we are doing, so the light-rays must be heterodyned upon our carrier wave.
Skylark Three
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Or is it only the carrier wave?
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
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The carrier wave keeps compressing and expanding.'
Zero Point
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Well, anyway, by the use of suitable fields of force it can be used as a carrier wave.
Spacehounds of IPC
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Not even a background carrier wave.
The Complete Alien Omnibus