multivibrator
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An electronic circuit used to implement a variety of simple two-state systems such as oscillators, timers, and flip-flops.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English vibrator English multivibrator From multi- + vibrator.