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carrier frequency

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carrier frequency

A unique frequency used to "carry" data within its boundaries. It is measured in cycles per second, or Hertz. See carrier and FDM.


carrier frequency [′kar·ē·ər ‚frē·kwən·sē]
(communications)
The frequency generated by an unmodulated radio, radar, carrier communication, or other transmitter, or the average frequency of the emitted wave when modulated by a symmetrical signal. Also known as center frequency; resting frequency.


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For the first time, we report here that effects of MWs from mobile telephones on human lymphocytes are dependent on carrier frequency.
In order to produce maximum muscle contractions, they modulated (interrupted) the carrier frequency between 10 and 500 times per second.
Although it broadcast a clear carrier frequency -- the electronic signal that normally carries the mapping data -- for unknown reasons the transmitter stopped adding the Venus data to the monotone carrier signal.
 
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