superheterodyne
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English
Etymology
From super- + heterodyne.
Pronunciation
Adjective
superheterodyne (not comparable)
- (electronics) Pertaining to a technique used in radio and television receivers to tune to a particular frequency, or to receivers using such a technique.
- 1937, Fritz Leiber, The Terror from the Depths:
- 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.
Derived terms
Noun
superheterodyne (plural superheterodynes)
- A receiver of this kind.