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oscillator


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oscillator  \Os"cil*la`tor\,  n. 
  One  that  oscillates;  specif.: 
  a  (Elec.)  Any  device  for  producing  electric  oscillations; 
  esp.,  an  apparatus  for  generating  electric  waves  in  a 
  system  of  wireless  telegraphy. 
  b  (Mech.)  An  instrument  for  measuring  rigidity  by  the 
  torsional  oscillations  of  a  weighted  wire. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  oscillator 
  n  :  produces  sonic  oscillations  or  alternating  current 




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