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How to use oscillator in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun

Oscillator means a tuned electronic circuit used to generate a continuous output waveform. Example: “An anharmonic oscillator is a perturbed version of a harmonic oscillator.”

Examples of oscillator by meaning

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

  • He has turned up a number of new oscillators of periods 2,3,4,5,6, & 8.1989 October 26, Richard Schroeppel, “Some recent Life results”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
  • Two track segments, each of which realizes the same transformation in a different number of generations are particularly useful for obtaining oscillator periods.1996 December 16, Paul Callahan, “Need help in finding topic for research project”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)

More sentences with oscillator

  • An anharmonic oscillator is a perturbed version of a harmonic oscillator.From the entry anharmonic
  • Regulating the oscillator plate voltage greatly improves the keying.From the entry plate
  • The following figure shows examples of the most versatile class of these oscillators.1997 November 30, David Bell, “Day & Night - An Interesting Variant of Life (part 2/5)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet). From the entry rotor
  • We study complex damped and undamped dynamics and targeted energy transfers (TETs) in systems of coupled oscillators, consisting of single-degree-of-freedom pri.2009 September, YS Lee, F Nucera, AF Vakakis, DM McFarland, LA Bergman, “Periodic orbits, damped transitions and targeted energy transfers…. From the entry tet
  • Formulated more provocatively: In four dimensions we only understand an (infinite) collection of uncoupled harmonic oscillators on Minkowski space !2001 October 5, T[homas] Thiemann, “Why Quantum Gravity in the 21st Century ?”, in Introduction to Modern Canonical Quantum General…. From the entry ashamingly
  • Squegging is due to high oscillator amplitude in conjunction with a large time constant in the oscillator grid circuit.1999, Fritz Langford-Smith, Radio Designer's Handbook. From the entry squegging
  • This is a general description of the type of oscillator, whether it be a TCXO, OCXO, DCXO, rubidium, or cesium.1997, Ulrich L. Rohde, Microwave and Wireless Synthesizers: Theory and Design, Wiley,, →ISBN, page 239. From the entry DCXO
  • We apply our framework to bichromatically driven cavity optomechanical systems, a setting in which mechanical oscillators have recently been prepared in quantum-squeezed states.2016, Daniel Malz, Andreas Nunnenkamp, “Floquet approach to bichromatically driven cavity optomechanical systems”, in arXiv. From the entry bichromatically
  • However, our direct dynamics simulations from two archetype 1D oscillator systems with quite different phonon dispersions here appear to support the nonuniversality.2015, Daxing Xiong, “Universality or nonuniversality: Scaling for thermal transport in one dimension”, in arXiv. From the entry nonuniversality
  • Thus, independently of the particular characteristics of the dynamic (or static) rescriptive gauge function, uᵢ, the system re-assumes the harmonic oscillator structure of (qᵢ,pᵢ).2007, Edward Belbruno, New Trends in Astrodynamics and Applications III, page 47. From the entry rescriptive
  • They are temperature compensated crystal oscillators (TCXO), oven controlled crystal oscillators (OCXO) and a few other variations such as digitally compensated crystal oscillators (DCXO).2003, Nihal Kularatna, Digital and Analogue Instrumentation: Testing and Measurement, Institution of Electrical Engineers, →ISBN, page 265. From the entry DCXO
  • Thus, a natural question, apparently proposed very early, was whether there exists a still life (i.e. period 1 oscillator) that reflects a glider.1996 November 16, Paul Callahan, “Still-life glider reflector found”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet). From the entry still life
  • A typical photochopper circuit is made up of two neon bulbs electrically connected in the form of a relaxation oscillator (Fig. 5).1963, Space/aeronautics - Volume 40, page 98. From the entry photochopper

Meaning of oscillator

  1. noun A tuned electronic circuit used to generate a continuous output waveform.
  2. noun An instrument for measuring rigidity by the torsional oscillations of a weighted wire.
  3. noun A pattern that returns to its original state, in the same orientation and position, after a finite number of generations.

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Questions about oscillator in a sentence

How do you use oscillator in a sentence?
Oscillator is used as a noun. For example: “An anharmonic oscillator is a perturbed version of a harmonic oscillator.”
What is a short sentence with oscillator?
“Regulating the oscillator plate voltage greatly improves the keying.”
What does oscillator mean?
Oscillator means a tuned electronic circuit used to generate a continuous output waveform.

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