incoming signal

collocation in English

meaningsofincomingandsignal

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incoming
adjective[before noun]
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/ˈɪnˌkʌm.ɪŋ/us
/ˈɪnˌkʌm.ɪŋ/
arriving at or coming towards ...
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signal
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪɡ.nəl/us
/ˈsɪɡ.nəl/
an action, movement, or sound that gives information, a message, a warning, or ...
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(Definition ofincomingandsignalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The movements were mapped into software by processing theincomingsignaland modulating it with other video.
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Invention and creativity in automated design whose amplitude is 3.16 times that of theincomingsignal.
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The circuit has two inputs: a to-be-filteredincomingsignaland a control signal.
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Theincomingsignalmakes up only the tiniest bit of the electrical information process, with the rest, including amplification, supplied by the system itself.
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The network could be made to represent the output of a module that computes the phonological structure of theincomingsignal, combining lexical and prelexical information in the process.
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This method is implemented in our web server as follows: theincomingsignalcauses a new thread to start, which immediately sends an exception to the main thread.
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Digital technology is flexible and might well give the customer an opportunity to adjust theincomingsignalso as to maximise its audibility.
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It is still used to detect the amplitude variations of anincomingsignalto produce a control signal that resembles those variations.
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It delays theincomingsignalfrom each array element by a certain amount of time, and then adds them together.
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Each device incorporates a receiver for theincomingsignaland a transmitter to send the data on to the next device in the ring.
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When theincomingsignalamplitude is very low there is not enough level to energize the magnetic core (see coercivity and magnetic hysteresis).
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For instance, it is possible to multiply theincomingsignalby the carrier, times the square of another carrier 90 out of phase with it.
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Depending upon the expected incidence of theincomingsignal, sometimes a space on the order of a wavelength is sufficient.
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The other half of the problem was much harder; listening to theincomingsignaland discriminating between the tones for one and zero.
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Only de-emphasis is applied to theincomingsignaland noise during playback.
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Each of these peaks can potentially mix with some otherincomingsignaland produce a "spurious" response.
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To detect theincomingsignal, matched filtering is commonly used.
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The detecting photodiode is composed of two segments, which normalizes theincomingsignaldeflected from the cantilever.
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Data from returns were recorded to the drums, and then read out again one pulse later and compared to the newincomingsignal.
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When theincomingsignalamplitude is very high the transformer saturates and adds ringing harmonics.
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