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Definition of OSCILLATOR

Oscillator
Oscillator Os"cil*la`tor, n. One that oscillates; specif.: (a) (Elec.) Any device for producing electric oscillations; esp., an apparatus for generating electric waves in a system of wireless telegraphy. (b) (Mech.) An instrument for measuring rigidity by the torsional oscillations of a weighted wire.

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- Meissner) oscillator Astable multivibrator Blocking oscillator Butler oscillator Clapp oscillator Colpitts oscillator Delay-line oscillator Electronic...
- In classical mechanics, a harmonic oscillator is a system that, when displaced from its equilibrium position, experiences a restoring force F proportional...
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- Look up oscillator in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An oscillator is a device designed for oscillation. Oscillator may also refer to: Electronic oscillator...
- The quantum harmonic oscillator is the quantum-mechanical analog of the classical harmonic oscillator. Because an arbitrary smooth potential can usually...
- An electronic oscillator is an electronic circuit that produces a periodic, oscillating or alternating current (AC) signal, usually a sine wave, square...
- Linear electronic oscillator circuits, which generate a sinusoidal output signal, are composed of an amplifier and a frequency selective element, a filter...
- Colpitts oscillator, invented in 1918 by Canadian-American engineer Edwin H. Colpitts using vacuum tubes, is one of a number of designs for LC oscillators, electronic...
- A voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) is an electronic oscillator whose oscillation frequency is controlled by a voltage input. The applied input voltage...
- electro-mechanical oscillator is a steam-powered electric generator patented by Nikola Tesla in 1893. Later in life, Tesla claimed one version of the oscillator caused...