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Definition of 'heterodyne'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) heterodyne
pertaining to a method of changing the frequency of an incoming radio signal by adding it to a signal generated within the receiver to produce fluctuations of a frequency equal to the difference between the two signals.

2. (v.t.) heterodyne
to mix (a frequency) with a different frequency so as to achieve a heterodyne effect.

Etymology: (1905–10; hetero - +-dyne < Gk dýnamis power)

Definition of 'heterodyne'

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1. (verb) heterodyne
of or relating to the beat produced by heterodyning two oscillations

2. (verb) heterodyne
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

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