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het•er•o•dyne

Pronunciation: (het'ur-u-dīn"), [key]
—adj., v., -dyned, -dyn•ing. Radio.

—adj.
noting or pertaining to a method of changing the frequency of an incoming radio signal by adding it to a signal generated within the receiver to produce fluctuations or beats of a frequency equal to the difference between the two signals.

—v.i.
to produce a heterodyne effect.

—v.t.
to mix (a frequency) with a different frequency so as to achieve a heterodyne effect.

heterodoxy

heteroecism

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