amplitude modulation

1. 1.

   modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave

   SynonymsAM

   Broadermodulation

Questions about amplitude modulation

What does amplitude modulation mean?

amplitude modulation means "modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave".

What is another word for amplitude modulation?

Close synonyms include AM. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amplitude modulation a common word?

amplitude modulation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.