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Local Oscillator

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

an oscillator whose output heterodynes with the incoming radio signal to produce sum and difference tones

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
heterodyne oscillator
plural
Local Oscillators
possessive
Local Oscillator's
pluralpossessive
Local Oscillators'