OSCILLATOR
Dictionary entry overview: What does oscillator mean? • OSCILLATOR (noun)
The noun OSCILLATOR has 1 sense:
1. generator that produces sonic oscillations or alternating current
Familiarity information: OSCILLATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OSCILLATOR (noun)
Meaning:
Generator that produces sonic oscillations or alternating current
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("oscillator" is a kind of...):
generator (an electronic device for producing a signal voltage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oscillator"):
crystal oscillator; quartz oscillator (an oscillator that produces electrical oscillations at a frequency determined by the physical characteristics of a piezoelectric quartz crystal)
heterodyne oscillator; local oscillator (an oscillator whose output heterodynes with the incoming radio signal to produce sum and difference tones)
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