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Definition of Heterodyne
1. 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.
2. Adjective. Of or relating to the beat produced by heterodyning two oscillations.
Definition of Heterodyne
1. Adjective. Of, two oscillations, having two slightly different frequencies such that, when combined, they produce a beat ¹
2. Noun. The beat so produced ¹
3. Noun. Either the sum or difference of the two oscillations ¹
4. Verb. To produce heterodyne interference in a radio ¹
5. Verb. To change the frequency of a signal by such a process ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heterodyne
1. [v -DYNED, -DYNING, -DYNES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heterodyne
Literary usage of Heterodyne
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the IRE. by Institute of Radio Engineers (1915)
"To begin with, we must realize that a heterodyne receiver is one in which the
incoming wave energy produces an effect at its own radio frequency, ..."
2. The Cosmic Inventor: Reginald Aubrey Fessenden (1866-1932) by Frederick Seitz (1999)
"Figure 8 illustrates a version of the oscillating arc circuit that Fessenden
employed for heterodyne mixing when dealing with the reception of coded ..."
3. Radio Engineering Principles by Henri Lauer, Harry Leonard Brown (1919)
"Advantages of heterodyne Reception.—The advantages of the heterodyne method ...
The heterodyne method does not simply permit the reception of undamped wave ..."
4. Practical Wireless Telegraphy: A Complete Text Book for Students of Radio by Elmer Eustice Bucher (1917)
"The receivers at present in use are: (1) The Poulsen tikker or chopper; (2)
The "heterodyne" system; (3) The Goldschmidt Tone Wheel; (4) The Regenerative ..."
5. Radio Phone Receiving: A Practical Book for Everybody by Erich Hausmann, Alfred Norton Goldsmith, Louis Alan Hazeltine, John V. L. Hogan, John Harold Morecroft, Frank Emanuel Canavaciol, Robert D. Gibson, Paul C. Hoernel (1922)
"Super-heterodyne Method of Reception. — The difficulty of designing and constructing
radio-frequency amplifiers for very high frequencies, as mentioned ..."
6. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy and Telephony by John Ambrose Fleming (1916)
"This heterodyne receiver may also be applied to the detection of feebly damped
waves. ... The heterodyne receiver is, however, a receiver more adapted for ..."
7. Vacuum Tubes in Wireless Communication: A Practical Textbook for Operators by Elmer Eustice Bucher (1918)
"In the self-heterodyne circuits of the regenerative type where the combined
functions of detection, amplification, and generation of the local radio ..."
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