the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A method of transmitting radio signals by modulating the frequency of the carrier wave; -- opposed to AM (amplitude modulation), in which the signal modulates the amplitude, rather than the frequency of the carrier wave.
noun.
The symbol for femtometer or femtometre, a unit of length. The name fermi for this unit is obsolete.
noun.
abbreviation for Fathom
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noun.
modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave
noun.
a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
Word Usage
"The latter seems like a move to appease the record labels, but taken together, it looks like Last. fm is trying to develop a post-advertising business model."