Frequency Modulation (Noun)
Meaning
Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The transmitter uses frequency modulation to encode the audio signal onto the carrier wave.
- The receiver is designed to demodulate the frequency modulation signal and extract the original audio.
- In the early days of radio communications, amplitude modulation was more common than frequency modulation.
- The FM band uses frequency modulation to transmit high-quality audio signals to radios.
- The engineer adjusted the frequency modulation circuit to optimize the transmission of the audio signal.