Sideband

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1. A range of frequencies occupied by the spectral components resulting from the modulation of a carrier wave by a signal.


Note: The terms upper sideband and lower sideband are used to denote the ranges higher than or lower than the carrier frequency respectively.


2. A discrete frequency in a sideband (properly called a side frequency).

Reference: B.S.




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)