HETERODYNE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heterodyne mean? 

• HETERODYNE (adjective)
  The adjective HETERODYNE has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the beat produced by heterodyning two oscillations

  Familiarity information: HETERODYNE used as an adjective is very rare.

• HETERODYNE (verb)
  The verb HETERODYNE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: HETERODYNE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HETERODYNE (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)

• HETERODYNE (verb)

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