"function generator" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: function generators [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} function generator (plural function generators)
  1. An electronic device used to generate a signal representing the periodic value of a given mathematical function, especially sine, square, triangle and sawtooth waveforms Wikipedia link: function generator
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