demodulate
verb
de·mod·u·late
(ˌ)dē-ˈmä-jə-ˌlāt 
demodulated; demodulating; demodulates
: to extract the information from (a modulated signal)
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demodulate
verb
de·mod·u·late
(ˈ)dē-ˈmäj-ə-ˌlāt
: to get the information from (a modulated radio, laser, or computer signal)
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