Term: modulation: (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase
Candidate hypernym: event: something that happens at a given place and time → 1
Candidate hypernym: algorithm: a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem → 0
Candidate hypernym: cross-fertilization: interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial → 0
Candidate hypernym: disinterestedness: freedom from bias or from selfish motives → 0
Candidate hypernym: production: a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated → 0
Candidate hypernym: bad egg: (old-fashioned slang) a bad person → 0
Candidate hypernym: bovinae: term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos: cattle; buffalo; and sometimes includes kudu → 0
Candidate hypernym: clearness: the quality of clear water → 0
Candidate hypernym: about-face: a major change in attitude or principle or point of view → 0
Candidate hypernym: torpedo tube: a tube near the waterline of a vessel through which a torpedo is fired → 0
Candidate hypernym: spring cankerworm: variably colored looper; larva of Paleacrita vernata → 0