Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
An electromagnetic wave of constant amplitude and frequency, typically a sine wave, that for mathematical analysis is considered to be of infinite duration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An early method of radio transmission in which a sinusoidal carrier wave is switched on and off, and information is carried in the varying duration of the on and off periods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncountable
Topics: broadcasting, media, radio
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History
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