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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The purely sinusoidal component of a complex [[waveform]] that carries a [[signal]] from  a [[transmitter]] to a [[receiver]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The carrier wave itself cannot transmit information but must be changed or modulated, two  common methods for doing so being [[amplitude modulation]] and [[frequency modulation]].</div><br/> </div>
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Latest revision as of 08:54, 26 March 2024

The purely sinusoidal component of a complex waveform that carries a signal from a transmitter to a receiver.

The carrier wave itself cannot transmit information but must be changed or modulated, two common methods for doing so being amplitude modulation and frequency modulation.

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