deramp
deramp verb: to remove (goods or containers) from a railroad flatcar using special equipment.
Verb
deramp (third-person singular simple present deramps, present participle deramping, simple past and past participle deramped)
- To remove (goods or containers) from a railroad flatcar using special equipment.
- To use a deramp process in order to clean up an electronic signal.
- a phase deramping function
Noun
deramp (plural deramps)
- A process for cleaning up electronic signals such as radar, in which a received signal is mixed with a reference signal in order to highlight differences in frequencies.
- In the deramp process, the principle of continuous radar with a linearly frequency-modulated wave is applied to a pulsed radar.2001, Philippe Lacomme, Air and Spaceborne Radar Systems: An Introduction, →ISBN, page 223
- Deramp processing entails mixing (i.e., multiplying) the return signal with two sinusoidal carriers of frequency fc and then low-pass-filtering the two resulting signals.2003, Ronald G. Driggers, Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering, →ISBN
Forms of deramp
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | deramps |
| present participle | deramping |
| past participle | deramped |
| past | deramped |
| Noun | |
| plural | deramps |
Origin of deramp
From de- + ramp.
Questions about deramp
- What does deramp mean?
- Deramp means to remove (goods or containers) from a railroad flatcar using special equipment.
- What part of speech is deramp?
- Deramp can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of deramp?
- The past tense of deramp is deramped.
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