noun.
The inverse of the effect of modulation, or applying a signal to a carrier.
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noun.
(electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave
Word Usage
"The first is an FM demodulation step that recovers a baseband signal with a 3db roll off at 230 Khz. This is a Vestigial Sideband Modulation (VSB) signal that uses single sidband techniques invented by the amateur radio community."