PULSE GENERATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pulse generator mean? 

• PULSE GENERATOR (noun)
  The noun PULSE GENERATOR has 1 sense:

1. a generator of single or multiple voltage pulses; usually adjustable for pulse rate

  Familiarity information: PULSE GENERATOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PULSE GENERATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A generator of single or multiple voltage pulses; usually adjustable for pulse rate

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pulse generator" is a kind of...):

generator (an electronic device for producing a signal voltage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pulse generator"):

pinger (a pulse generator used for echo sounding in sonar)

Holonyms ("pulse generator" is a part of...):

microwave radar; radar; radio detection and ranging; radiolocation (measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects)

asdic; echo sounder; sonar (a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return)