carrier wave

Significado (Inglés)

1. A wave that can be modulated, either in amplitude, frequency, or phase, to carry or transmit images, music, speech, or other signals.
2. (obsolete) Synonym of soliton (“a self-reinforcing pulse or travelling wave caused by any non-linear effect”).

Conceptos

onda portadora

señal de portadora

Sinónimos

carrier

CW

carrier signal

cw

signal carrier

Traducciones

Trägerwelle

porteuse

Trägerschwingung

draaggolf

onde porteuse

portadora

onda portante

الموجة الحاملة

taşıyıcı dalga

إشارة الموجة الحاملة

ona portadora

Träger

Trägersignal

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkæ.ɹɪ.ə weɪv/

Etimología (Inglés)

From carrier + wave. Sense 2 (“soliton”) was coined by the Scottish civil engineer, naval architect, and shipbuilder John Scott Russell (1808–1882): see the quotations.