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Meaning of superheterodyne | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2
/suːpəˈhɛt(ə)ɹədʌɪn/

Definitions

Pertaining to a technique used in radio and television receivers to tune to a particular frequency, or to receivers using such a technique.

not-comparable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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