'amplitude modulated' definitions:
Definition of 'amplitude modulated'
From: GCIDE
- modulated \modulated\ adj. (Electronics)
- 1. Having either amplitude, intensity, frequency, or phase altered at intervals to represent information to be transmitted; -- of the carrier wave of a radio signal transmitted from one device to another for the purpose of conveying information. Opposite of unmodulated. [Narrower terms: frequency modulated; {amplitude modulated}] [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. altered in volume as well as tone or pitch. [WordNet 1.5]