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de-emphases

de-emphases is the plural of de-emphasis.

Meaning of de-emphasis

Noun

de-emphasis (plural de-emphases)

  1. A reduction in emphasis.
  2. A signal distortion, carried out at a receiver, in order to undo the effects of pre-emphasis at the transmitter.
  3. A reduction of the level of all bits except the first one after a transition.

Questions about de-emphases

What is de-emphases the plural of?
De-emphases is the plural of de-emphasis.

Words near de-emphases in the dictionary

  1. de-electrifying
  2. de-embed
  3. de-embedded
  4. de-embedding
  5. de-embeds
  6. de-emphases
  7. de-emphasis
  8. de-emphasise
  9. de-emphasised
  10. de-emphasises
  11. de-emphasising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: de-emphases (page history and authors); de-emphasis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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