amplitude modulation

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Noun

amplitude modulation (countable and uncountable, plural amplitude modulations)

2. (radio) A method of sending information by modifying (modulating) the intensity (amplitude) of a carrier wave.

   Alternative form: AM (initialism)

   Coordinate terms: frequency modulation, FM

Derived terms

• quadrature amplitude modulation

Related terms

• amplitude-modulated

Translations

method of sending information

• Azerbaijani: amplitud modulyasiyası
• Belarusian: амплітудная мадуляцыя f (amplitudnaja maduljacyja)
• Bulgarian: амплитудна модулация f (amplitudna modulacija)
• Catalan: modulació de amplitud f, amplitud modulada f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調幅 / 调幅 (zh) (tiáofú)

• Czech: amplitudová modulace f
• Danish: amplitudemodulation
• Dutch: amplitudemodulatie (nl) f
• Esperanto: amplitudmodulado
• Estonian: amplituudmodulatsioon
• Finnish: amplitudimodulaatio (fi)
• French: modulation d'amplitude (fr) f
• German: Amplitudenmodulation (de) f
• Greek: διαμόρφωση εύρους (diamórfosi évrous), διαμόρφωση πλάτους (diamórfosi plátous)
• Hebrew: אפנון משרעת
• Hungarian: amplitúdómoduláció (hu)
• Icelandic: styrkmótun f
• Indonesian: modulasi amplitudo
• Italian: modulazione di ampiezza f
• Japanese: 振幅変調 (ja) (しんぷくへんちょう, shinpukuhenchō)
• Korean: 진폭 조음 (jinpok jo'eum)
• Latin: (Modern Latin) modulātiō amplitūdinālis f
• Latvian: amplitūdas modulācija
• Macedonian: амплитудна модулација (mk) f (amplitudna modulacija)
• Malay: modulasi amplitud (ms)
• Norwegian: amplitudemodulasjon
• Polish: modulacja amplitudy f, modulacja amplitudowa f
• Portuguese: modulação de amplitude f, modulação em amplitude f
• Romanian: modulație de amplitudine f
• Russian: амплиту́дная модуля́ция (ru) f (amplitúdnaja moduljácija)
• Serbo-Croatian: amplitudna modulacija f
• Slovak: amplitúdová modulácia f
• Slovene: amplitudna modulacija f
• Spanish: modulación de amplitud, amplitud modulada
• Swedish: amplitudmodulering (sv) c
• Thai: การกล้ำแอมพลิจูด
• Turkish: genlik modülasyonu
• Ukrainian: амплітудна модуляція f (amplitudna moduljacija)
• Xibe: ᡝᡞ
  ᠠᡞᠮ (ei aim)

See also

• phase modulation