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homodyne

homodyne adjective: pertaining to two waves which originate from a single radiation source, or have exactly the same frequency.

Adjective

homodyne (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to two waves which originate from a single radiation source, or have exactly the same frequency.

Verb

homodyne (third-person singular simple present homodynes, present participle homodyning, simple past and past participle homodyned)

  1. To combine two waves of identical frequency.

Forms of homodyne

third-person singular presenthomodynes
present participlehomodyning
past participlehomodyned
pasthomodyned

Origin of homodyne

From homo- + -dyne.

Questions about homodyne

What does homodyne mean?
Homodyne means pertaining to two waves which originate from a single radiation source, or have exactly the same frequency.
What part of speech is homodyne?
Homodyne can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near homodyne in the dictionary

  1. homoduplices
  2. homodynamic
  3. homodynamies
  4. homodynamous
  5. homodynamy
  6. homodyne
  7. homodyned
  8. homodynes
  9. homodyning
  10. homoe-
  11. Homoean

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