Oscillator
['ɒsɪleɪtə(r)] or ['ɑsə'letɚ]
Definition
(noun.) generator that produces sonic oscillations or alternating current.
Inputed by Carmela--From WordNet
Examples
- This was in 1894, and the combination of oscillator and coherer actually formed the first real wireless set. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Professor Oliver Lodge named this device of Branly’s a coherer, and when he found that it was more sensitive than the Hertz detector he combined it with the Hertz oscillator. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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