frequency modulation

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

frequency modulation (countable and uncountable, plural frequency modulations)

(sound, radio) The use of a modulating wave to vary the instantaneous frequency of a carrier wave.
Alternative form: FM (initialism)

Coordinate terms: amplitude modulation, AM

Related terms

frequency-modulated
phase modulation

Translations

use of a modulating wave

Belarusian: частотная мадуляцыя f (častótnaja maduljacyja)
Bengali: ফ্রিকোয়েন্সি মডুলেশন (phrikōẇenśi moḍuleśon)
Bulgarian: честотна модулация f (čestotna modulacija)
Catalan: modulació de freqüència f, freqüència modulada f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 調頻 / 调频 (zh) (tiáopín)
Czech: frekvenční modulace f
Danish: frekvensmodulation
Dutch: frequentiemodulatie (nl)
Esperanto: frekvencmodulado
Estonian: sagedusmodulatsioon
Finnish: taajuusmodulaatio (fi)
French: modulation de fréquence (fr)
Georgian: სიხშირული მოდულაცია f (sixširuli modulacia)
German: Frequenzmodulation (de)
Greek: διαμόρφωση συχνότητας (diamórfosi sychnótitas)
Hebrew: אפנון תדר
Hindi: आवृत्ति मॉड्यूलेशन (āvŕtti mŏḍyūleśan)
Icelandic: tíðnimótun f
Indonesian: modulasi frekuensi
Italian: modulazione di frequenza
Japanese: 周波数変調 (ja) (しゅうはすうへんちょう, shūhasūhenchō)
Korean: 주파수 변조 (jupasu byeonjo)
Latin: modulatio frequentiae f
Latvian: frekvences modulācija
Lithuanian: dažninė moduliacija
Macedonian: фреквенциска модулација f (frekvenciska modulacija)
Norwegian: frekvensmodulasjon
Persian: مدولاسیون فرکانس
Polish: modulacja częstotliwości f
Portuguese: modulação de frequência f, modulação em frequência f
Romanian: modulație de frecvență f, modulație în frecvență f
Russian: частотная модуля́ция (ru) (častotnaja moduljácija)
Serbo-Croatian: frekvencijska modulacija f
Slovak: frekvenčná modulácia f
Slovene: frekvenčna modulacija f
Spanish: modulación de la frecuencia, frecuencia modulada f
Swedish: frekvensmodulering (sv) c
Turkish: frekans modülasyonu
Ukrainian: частотна модуляція f (častotna moduljacija)