superheterodyne receiver

Questions about superheterodyne receiver

What is another word for superheterodyne receiver?

It depends which superheterodyne receiver you mean. In the sense “a radio receiver that combines a locally generated frequency with the carrier frequency to produce a supersonic signal that is demodulated and amplified”, the synonyms are heterodyne receiver, superhet. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of superheterodyne receiver?

WordNet records no antonym for superheterodyne receiver. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for superheterodyne receiver come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

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• Full entry for superheterodyne receiverAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
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