heterodyne

1. 1.

   combine (a radio frequency wave) with a locally generated wave of a different frequency so as to produce a new frequency equal to the sum or the difference between the two

   Broadercompound

1. 1.

   of or relating to the beat produced by heterodyning two oscillations

   electronics

Other forms of heterodyne

past tense

heterodyned·

present participle

heterodyning·

third person

heterodynes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about heterodyne

What does heterodyne mean?

heterodyne means "combine (a radio frequency wave) with a locally generated wave of a different frequency so as to produce a new frequency equal to the sum or the difference between the two". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in heterodyne?

heterodyne has 4 syllables: het-e-ro-dyne. The stress falls on "het". In IPA it is /ˈhɛtɚəˌdaɪn/.

Is heterodyne a common word?

heterodyne is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with heterodyne?

3 words rhyme with heterodyne. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.