Heterodyne Definition
heterodyne
adjective
- of or relating to the beat produced by heterodyning two oscillations
verb
- 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
Words that rhyme with heterodyne
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