Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oscillator

/ˈɑsəlˌeɪtɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: os-cil-la-tor
IPA: /ˈɑsəlˌeɪtɚ/

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

Example Sentences

"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[…]"

Etymology

From oscillate + -or.

Inflected Forms

oscillators (plural)

Derived Forms

nanooscillator suboscillator wobbulator wobulator

Phrases

Armstrong oscillator beat frequency oscillator electronic oscillator harmonic oscillator Hartley oscillator Meissner oscillator Oudin oscillator piezoelectric oscillator

Questions

How do you pronounce oscillator?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑsəlˌeɪtɚ/.
What does oscillator mean?: A tuned electronic circuit used to generate a continuous output waveform.
Where does oscillator come from?: From oscillate + -or.

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