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oscillator
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oscillator, n.
- One that oscillates"Oscillators are essential components of radio transmission devices and digital computers, as well as many other types of electronic device. In computers the oscillator provides the voltage impulses which permit information bits to be transferred between parts of the computer in a defined sequence." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- An instrument for measuring rigidity by the torsional oscillations of a weighted wire. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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