Hypertext Webster Gateway: "oscillator"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Oscillator \Os"cil*la`tor\, n.
One that oscillates; specif.:
(a) (Elec.) Any device for producing electric oscillations;
esp., an apparatus for generating electric waves in a
system of wireless telegraphy.
(b) (Mech.) An instrument for measuring rigidity by the
torsional oscillations of a weighted wire.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
oscillator
n : generator that produces sonic oscillations or alternating
current
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