"oscillator" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: oscillators [plural]
Etymology: oscillate + -or Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|oscillate|or}} oscillate + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} oscillator (plural oscillators)
  1. A tuned electronic circuit used to generate a continuous output waveform. Translations (an electronic circuit used to generate a continuous output waveform): осцилатор (oscilator) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 振盪器 (Chinese Mandarin), 振荡器 (zhèndàngqì) (Chinese Mandarin), oscilátor [masculine] (Czech), oscililo (Esperanto), ostsillaator (Estonian), oskillaattori (Finnish), värähtelijä (Finnish), oscillateur [masculine] (French), Oszillator [masculine] (German), ταλαντωτής (talantotís) [masculine] (Greek), 発振器 (hasshinki) (alt: はっしんき) (Japanese), نوسانگر (navasângar) (Persian), oscilador [masculine] (Portuguese), oscilator [neuter] (Romanian), осцилля́тор (oscilljátor) [masculine] (Russian), oscilador [masculine] (Spanish), அலையியற்றி (alaiyiyaṟṟi) (Tamil), osilatör (Turkish), salıngaç (Turkish), osgiliadur [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-oscillator-en-noun-KGUle-Xv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -or Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 12 35 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 54 18 28 Disambiguation of 'an electronic circuit used to generate a continuous output waveform': 88 4 9
  2. An instrument for measuring rigidity by the torsional oscillations of a weighted wire.
    Sense id: en-oscillator-en-noun-5kFeNDu-
  3. (cellular automata) A pattern that returns to its original state, in the same orientation and position, after a finite number of generations. Categories (topical): Cellular automata Hyponyms: blinker, pentadecathlon
    Sense id: en-oscillator-en-noun-Mu5pz3Qi Topics: cellular-automata, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: electronic oscillator, harmonic oscillator, Hartley oscillator, Oudin oscillator, piezoelectric oscillator, ring oscillator

Inflected forms

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