English Explanatory Dictionary

oscillator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tuned electronic circuit used to generate a continuous output waveform.
  2. An instrument for measuring rigidity by the torsional oscillations of a weighted wire.
  3. A pattern that returns to its original state, in the same orientation and position, after a finite number of generations.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

oscillator oscillators

Etymology

From oscillate + -or.

Derived words

Armstrong oscillator beat frequency oscillator electronic oscillator harmonic oscillator Hartley oscillator Meissner oscillator nanooscillator Oudin oscillator piezoelectric oscillator ring oscillator simple harmonic oscillator suboscillator wobbulator wobulator
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