OSCILLATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oscillator mean? 

• OSCILLATOR (noun)
  The noun OSCILLATOR has 1 sense:

1. generator that produces sonic oscillations or alternating current

  Familiarity information: OSCILLATOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSCILLATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Generator that produces sonic oscillations or alternating current

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("oscillator" is a kind of...):

generator (an electronic device for producing a signal voltage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oscillator"):

crystal oscillator; quartz oscillator (an oscillator that produces electrical oscillations at a frequency determined by the physical characteristics of a piezoelectric quartz crystal)

heterodyne oscillator; local oscillator (an oscillator whose output heterodynes with the incoming radio signal to produce sum and difference tones)