modem

1. 1.

   (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line

   Broaderelectronic equipment

   Narroweracoustic modem

Other forms of modem

plural

modems·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about modem

What does modem mean?

modem means "(from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line".

How many syllables are in modem?

modem has 2 syllables: mo-dem. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /ˈmoʊdəm/.

Is modem a common word?

modem is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.