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Definition of: heterodyne
(het′ər·ə·dīn′) adjective Telecom.
Describing the manner by which oscillations of a frequency almost equal to that of the transmitted waves are developed in a separate tube of a radio receiving set, the two oscillations forming beats.
—v.t. ·dyned, ·dyn·ing To effect such oscillations.
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