superheterodyne en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /suːpəˈhɛt(ə)ɹədʌɪn/ (UK)
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English -dyne English heterodyne English superheterodyne From super- + heterodyne.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Pertaining to a technique used in radio and television receivers to tune to a particular frequency, or to receivers using such a technique.
Approaching Louisville, the Tin Hind was almost swallowed up in the Great Ohio Flood (which preoccupied the radio news for days; I hung over my superheterodyne set) and he was unable to visit a new correspondent of Lovecraft's there.
1937, Fritz Leiber, The Terror from the Depths: