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deemphasis

deemphasis is the alternative spelling 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.

Origin of deemphasis

From de- + emphasis.

Questions about deemphasis

What is deemphasis the alternative spelling of?
Deemphasis is the alternative spelling of de-emphasis.

Words near deemphasis in the dictionary

  1. deemest
  2. deemeth
  3. deeming
  4. deemings
  5. deemphases
  6. deemphasis
  7. deemphasise
  8. deemphasised
  9. deemphasises
  10. deemphasising
  11. deemphasize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deemphasis (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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