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HETERODYNE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the beat produced by heterodyning two oscillations
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
electronics (the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices)
Pertainym:
beat (a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they heterodyne ... he / she / it heterodynes
Past simple: heterodyned
Past participle: heterodyned
-ing form: heterodyning
Sense 1
Meaning:
Combine (a radio frequency wave) with a locally generated wave of a different frequency so as to produce a new frequency equal to the sum or the difference between the two
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "heterodyne" is one way to...):
combine; compound (combine so as to form a whole; mix)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
