oscillator

[ os-uh-ley-ter ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Electronics. a circuit that produces an alternating output current of a certain frequency determined by the characteristics of the circuit components.
a device or machine producing oscillations.
a person or thing that oscillates.

oscillator

/ ˈɒsɪˌleɪtə /

a circuit or instrument for producing an alternating current or voltage of a required frequency
any instrument for producing oscillations
a person or thing that oscillates

1825–35; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin oscillā ( re ) to swing ( oscillate ) + -tor -tor

Nobody remembers their first frequency-counter, their first audio oscillator, their first this or that.

The former, which is termed nowadays a "Hertz Oscillator," is simply two metal discs almost connected by a thick wire.

This is a counting register operated by a crystal controlled oscillator.

"Right here," sang out Craig, detaching the oscillator and replacing the electric bulb, which he lighted.

A later device, called the Fessenden oscillator, will transmit or receive sounds a distance of twenty miles.

It happened to a chap named Blenkinson, who took an Oscillator that hadn't any brake on it.

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