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wobbulator

noun
/ˈwɒb.jʊˌleɪ.tə/UK/ˈwɑb.jəˌleɪ.tɚ/US

Etymology

Blend of wobble + oscillator.

  1. borrowed from ōscillātus
  2. suffixed as oscillator — “oscillate + or”
  3. compounded as wobbulator — “wobble + oscillator”

Definitions

  1. An electronic device primarily used for the alignment of receiver or transmitter…

    An electronic device primarily used for the alignment of receiver or transmitter intermediate frequency strips, often in conjunction with an oscilloscope; a swept-output RF oscillator; a variable capacitor driven by a voice coil; a main component of a FM circuit.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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