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Modulation vs Amplification - What's the difference?

modulation | amplification |

As nouns the difference between modulation and amplification

is that modulation is the process of applying a signal to a carrier, modulating while amplification is the act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding.

modulation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process of applying a signal to a carrier, modulating.
  • Methods of modulating.

    • Derived terms

    * demodulation * paramodulation ----

    amplification

    English

    (wikipedia amplification)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding
  • (physics) the act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current
  • (electronics) gain
  • (genetics) The using of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for isolating and exponentially amplifying a fragment or sequence of DNA
  • (organic chemistry) A procedure used in the nomenclature of complex organic compounds in which the superatoms of a basic structure (a phane) are replaced by cyclic structures (amplificants)

    • Related terms

    * ample * amplifiable * amplifier * amplificatory * amplify * amplitude

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