DEMODULATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does demodulation mean? 

• DEMODULATION (noun)
  The noun DEMODULATION has 1 sense:

1. (electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave

  Familiarity information: DEMODULATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEMODULATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("demodulation" is a kind of...):

reception (quality or fidelity of a received broadcast)

Domain category:

electronics (the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices)

Derivation:

demodulate (extract information from a modulated carrier wave)