HETERODYNE


Meaning of HETERODYNE in English

/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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .