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multicarrier

multicarrier adjective: describing a telecommunications signal that is split into fragments, each of which is transmitted over separate carriers before being recombined.

Adjective

multicarrier (not comparable)

  1. Describing a telecommunications signal that is split into fragments, each of which is transmitted over separate carriers before being recombined

Forms of multicarrier

alternative formmulti-carrier

Origin of multicarrier

From multi- + carrier.

Questions about multicarrier

What does multicarrier mean?
Multicarrier means describing a telecommunications signal that is split into fragments, each of which is transmitted over separate carriers before being recombined.
What part of speech is multicarrier?
Multicarrier is an adjective.

Words near multicarrier in the dictionary

  1. multicarat
  2. multicarbon
  3. multicareer
  4. multicarinate
  5. multicarinated
  6. multicarrier
  7. multicart
  8. multicartridge
  9. multicarts
  10. multicase
  11. multicaspase

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