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noun

demodulator

rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave

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Three example sentences with demodulator, each labelled with its topic.

  • The kit's tiny demodulator recovers speech from the incoming signal so the hobbyist hears a voice instead of hiss.

    Technology

  • Without a working demodulator the probe's telemetry arrives as meaningless noise rather than temperature readings scientists can plot.

    Science

  • Early television sets needed a separate demodulator stage before the picture tube could show anything but static.

    History

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