intermodulation.

The production of new frequency components when signals interact in a nonlinear system.

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Words that belong together

• intermodulation distortion
• intermodulation products

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Intermodulation produced signals outside the intended channels.

The amplifier’s intermodulation distortion complicated the reception test.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.