heterodyne

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
heterodyne /ˈhɛt(ə)rə(ʊ)dʌɪn/

▶adjective Electronics relating to or denoting the production of a lower frequency from the combination of two almost equal high frequencies, as used in radio transmission.

– derivatives
heterodyning noun.

– origin early 20th cent.: from hetero- + -dyne, suffix formed irregularly from Gk dunamis ‘power’.

'heterodyne' also found in these Oxford entries:

superheterodyne

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