superheterodyne

superheterodyne

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ heterodyne.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /suːpəˈhɛt(ə)ɹədʌɪn/

Adjective

superheterodyne (not comparable)

1. (electronics) Pertaining to a technique used in radio and television receivers to tune to a particular frequency, or to receivers using such a technique. [from 20th c.]
   • 1937, Fritz Leiber, ‘The Terror from the Depths’:

     Approaching Louisville, the Tin Hind was almost swallowed up in the Great Ohio Flood (which preoccupied the radio news for days; I hung over my superheterodyne set) and he was unable to visit a new correspondent of Lovecraft's there.

Derived terms

• superhet

Noun

superheterodyne (plural superheterodynes)

1. A receiver of this kind.