carrier wave

Senso (Inglese)

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”).

Concetti

onda portante

sinonimi

carrier

CW

carrier signal

cw

signal carrier

Traduzioni

Trägerwelle

porteuse

draaggolf

onda portadora

onde porteuse

portadora

Trägerschwingung

señal de portadora

الموجة الحاملة

taşıyıcı dalga

إشارة الموجة الحاملة

ona portadora

Träger

Trägersignal

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈkæ.ɹɪ.ə weɪv/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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.