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

Noun

superheterodyne (plural superheterodynes)

  1. A receiver of this kind.
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