[het-er-uh-dahyn] 
adjective, verb, -dyned, -dyn⋅ing. Radio.| 1. | noting or pertaining to a method of changing the frequency of an incoming radio signal by adding it to a signal generated within the receiver to produce fluctuations or beats of a frequency equal to the difference between the two signals. |
| 2. | to produce a heterodyne effect. |
| 3. | to mix (a frequency) with a different frequency so as to achieve a heterodyne effect. |
| het·er·o·dyne (hět'ər-ə-dīn') adj. Having alternating currents of two different frequencies that are combined to produce two new frequencies, the sum and difference of the original frequencies, either of which may be used in radio or television receivers by proper tuning or filtering. tr.v. het·er·o·dyned, het·er·o·dyn·ing, het·er·o·dynes To combine (a radio-frequency wave) with a locally generated wave of different frequency in order to produce a new frequency equal to the sum or difference of the two. [hetero- + -dyne, power, frequency (from Greek dunamis, power; see dynamic).] |
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