Definitions for oscillator

oscillator os·cil·la·tor

Spelling: [os-uh-ley-ter]
IPA: /ˈɒs əˌleɪ tər/

Oscillator is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 662 anagrams from letters in oscillator (acilloorst).

Definitions for oscillator

noun

  1. Electronics. a circuit that produces an alternating output current of a certain frequency determined by the characteristics of the circuit components.
  2. a device or machine producing oscillations.
  3. a person or thing that oscillates.

Origin of oscillator

1825-35; New Latin, equivalent to Latin oscillā(re) to swing (see oscillate) + -tor -tor

Examples for oscillator

This transformer will supply current for one or two 50-watt oscillator tubes and it costs about $40.00.

Then the moment we start the oscillator we have the same effect in both circuits.

The oscillator, though simple in its construction, is one of the most wonderful of all electrical devices.

First, he would need an oscillator to produce the complex pulse.

Think of the tower of the oscillator as a tube, and of the great mushroom-shaped top of the plant as another ball.

From this oscillator Doctor Tesla sends out the electrical waves with which he hopes to revolutionize industry.

This is to prevent the oscillator from exciting lateral rf resonances.

This device is used to control the variations of the oscillating currents that are set up by the oscillator tube.

This was in 1894, and the combination of oscillator and coherer actually formed the first real wireless set.

Cupid tossed his curls in the direction of the moving staircase, which in Toyland was known as the "oscillator."

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