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Noun Concept
Categories: Radio electronics, History of radio, Communication circuits, Receiver (radio), Electronic design
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heterodyne receiver  superheterodyne receiver  superhet
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A radio receiver that combines a locally generated frequency with the carrier frequency to produce a supersonic signal that is demodulated and amplified WordNet 3.0
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A radio receiver that combines a locally generated frequency with the carrier frequency to produce a supersonic signal that is demodulated and amplified WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A superheterodyne receiver, often shortened to superhet, is a type of radio receiver that uses frequency mixing to convert a received signal to a fixed intermediate frequency which can be more conveniently processed than the original carrier frequency. Wikipedia
Common type of radio receiver that shifts the received signal to an easily-processed intermediate frequency Wikidata
Superheterodyne receiver. Wiktionary
A radio receiver that mixes (beats or heterodynes) a locally produced frequency with the incoming frequency. Wiktionary