frequency-shifted
|fre/quen/cy-shift/ed|
/ˈfriː.kwən.si ˈʃɪf.tɪd/
(frequency-shift)
moved in frequency
Etymology
'frequency-shifted' originates from English, specifically the combination of the noun 'frequency' and the verb 'shift' with the past-participle suffix '-ed'; 'frequency' ultimately comes from Latin 'frequentia' and 'shift' from Old English roots meaning 'to divide or arrange'.
'frequency' changed from Latin 'frequentia' via Old French/Middle English forms into the modern English 'frequency', while 'shift' evolved from Old English/Old Germanic verbs for 'divide/turn' into the Middle English 'shift' and modern 'shift'; the compound form 'frequency-shift' is a modern technical formation, and adding '-ed' creates 'frequency-shifted'.
Initially the components referred to 'repetition or crowding' ('frequency') and 'move or change place' ('shift'); combined in technical contexts they came to mean 'a change in signal frequency', a usage that developed with radio and signal-processing technology.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Verb 1
past participle form of 'frequency-shift' (to shift the frequency of something).
In the experiment, the carrier was frequency-shifted to measure the response.
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Adjective 1
having had its frequency changed; whose frequency has been shifted (often used of signals or spectral components).
The frequency-shifted signal no longer overlapped with the interfering carrier.
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