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Answer for the clue "(electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave ", 12 letters:
demodulation

Word definitions for demodulation in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Demodulation is extracting the original information-bearing signal from a modulated carrier wave . A demodulator is an electronic circuit (or computer program in a software-defined radio ) that is used to recover the information content from the modulated ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. (electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The inverse of the effect of modulation, or applying a signal to a carrier.

Usage examples of demodulation.

It’s almost as if some kind of phase demodulation of space has occurred there.