/het"euhr euh duyn'/ , adj., v., heterodyned, heterodyning . Radio.
adj.
1. noting or 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 or beats of a frequency equal to the difference between the two signals.
v.i.
2. to produce a heterodyne effect.
v.t.
3. to mix (a frequency) with a different frequency so as to achieve a heterodyne effect.
[ 1905-10; HETERO- + -dyne dýnamis power ]