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oscillator

noun

Etymology

From oscillate + -or.

  1. borrowed from ōscillātus
  2. suffixed as oscillator — “oscillate + or”

Definitions

  1. A tuned electronic circuit used to generate a continuous output waveform.

  2. An instrument for measuring rigidity by the torsional oscillations of a weighted wire.

  3. A pattern that returns to its original state, in the same orientation and position, after…

    A pattern that returns to its original state, in the same orientation and position, after a finite number of generations.

    • He has turned up a number of new oscillators of periods 2,3,4,5,6, & 8.
    • Two track segments, each of which realizes the same transformation in a different number of generations are particularly useful for obtaining oscillator periods.
    • Synthesis of spaceship flotillas is even more complicated than synthesis of oscillators, since spaceships are like oscillators that move[…]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for oscillator. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA