demobilization

n : act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including

disbanding or discharging troops: "demobilization of

factories"; "immediate demobilization of the reserves"

[syn: {demobilisation}] [ant: {mobilization}]

demodulation

To recover the {signal} from the {carrier}.

For example, in a radio broadcast using {amplitude modulation}

the audio signal is transmitted as the mean amplitude of a

radio-frequency carrier so demodulation requires a circuit

which measures the amplitude and filters out the carrier.

There are many other kinds of {modulation} and corresponding

demodulation.

(1998-07-29)