preemphasis

or pre-em·pha·sis

[ pree-em-fuh-sis ]

nounElectronics.
  1. a process of increasing the amplitude of certain frequencies relative to others in a signal in order to help them override noise, complemented by deemphasis before final reproduction of the signal being received.

Origin of preemphasis

1
First recorded in 1940–45; pre- + emphasis

Words Nearby preemphasis

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