[ 'hɛt(ə)rə(ʊ)dʌɪn ]
■ adjective Electronics relating to or denoting the production of a lower frequency from the combination of two almost equal high frequencies, as used in radio transmission.
Derivatives
heterodyning noun
Origin
early 20th cent.: from hetero- + -dyne , suffix formed irregularly from Gk dunamis 'power'.