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demodulator

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de⋅mod⋅u⋅late

[dee-moj-uh-leyt]
–verb (used with object), -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
Telecommunications. to extract the original information-bearing signal from a modulated carrier wave or signal; detect.

Origin:
1920–25; de- + modulate


de⋅mod⋅u⋅la⋅tor, noun
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de·mod·u·late   (dē-mŏj'ə-lāt', -mŏd'yə-)   
tr.v.   de·mod·u·lat·ed, de·mod·u·lat·ing, de·mod·u·lates
To extract (information) from a modulated carrier wave.
de·mod'u·la'tor n.
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