(communications) Form of signaling which employs impulses of either or both polarities for transmission to indicate the occurrence of transitions in the signals; used principally to reduce the effects of low-frequency interference; the impulses are generally formed by suppressing the low-frequency components, including direct current, of the signals.
impulse transmission
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(′im′pəls tranz′mish·ən)
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