SUPERHET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superhet mean? 

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

1. a radio receiver that combines a locally generated frequency with the carrier frequency to produce a supersonic signal that is demodulated and amplified

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERHET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A radio receiver that combines a locally generated frequency with the carrier frequency to produce a supersonic signal that is demodulated and amplified

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

heterodyne receiver; superhet; superheterodyne receiver

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

radio; radio receiver; radio set; receiving set; tuner; wireless (an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals)

Meronyms (parts of "superhet"):

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