Superheterodyne

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /suːpəˈhÉ›t(É™)ɹədʌɪn/

Origin

From - + heterodyne.

Full definition of superheterodyne

Adjective

1. (electronics) Pertaining to a technique used in radio and television receivers to tune to a particular frequency, or to receivers using such a technique. from 20th c.
• 1937, Fritz Leiber, ‘The Terror from the Depths’: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.

Derived terms

• superhet