modulation
Definitions of modulation
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(electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phasetypes:modulation de phasemodulation of the phase of the carrier wavemodulation par impulsionmodulation that imposes a signal on a train of pulsesmodulation d'impulsions dans le tempsmodulation of the time between successive pulsestype of:
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