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superheterodyne

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Scrabble points
24
Words With Friends
25
Letters
15
Pronunciation
/suːpəˈhɛt(ə)ɹədʌɪn/(UK)

Definition of superheterodyne

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Pertaining to a technique used in radio and television receivers to tune to a particular frequency, or to receivers using such a technique.
    “Approaching Louisville, the Tin Hind was almost swallowed up in the Great Ohio Flood (which preoccupied the radio news for days; I hung over my superheterodyne set) and he was unable to visit a new correspondent of Lovecraft's there.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Pertaining to a technique used in radio and television receivers to tune to a particular frequency, or to receivers using such a technique.
    “Approaching Louisville, the Tin Hind was almost swallowed up in the Great Ohio Flood (which preoccupied the radio news for days; I hung over my superheterodyne set) and he was unable to visit a new correspondent of Lovecraft's there.”

noun

  1. A receiver of this kind.

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Etymology

From super- + heterodyne.

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