Heterodyne Definition
hĕtər-ə-dīn
heterodyned, heterodynes, heterodyning
adjective
Designating or of the combination of two different radio frequencies to produce beats whose frequencies are equal to the sum or difference of the original frequencies.
Webster's New World
verb
To combine (a radio-frequency wave) with a locally generated wave of different frequency in order to produce a new frequency equal to the sum or difference of the two.
American Heritage
To combine two different frequencies so as to produce beats.
Webster's New World
To produce heterodyne interference in a radio.
Wiktionary
To change the frequency of a signal by such a process.
Wiktionary
noun
The beat so produced.
Wiktionary
Either the sum or difference of the two oscillations.
Wiktionary
Origin of Heterodyne
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hetero– -dyne power, frequency (from Greek dunamis power dynamic)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
hetero- + -dyne
From Wiktionary
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