heterodyne receiver

Noun heterodyne receiver has 1 sense

• heterodyne receiver(n = noun.artifact) superhet, superheterodyne receiver - a radio receiver that combines a locally generated frequency with the carrier frequency to produce a supersonic signal that is demodulated and amplified;
has parts: heterodyne oscillator, local oscillator
is a kind of radio, radio receiver, radio set, receiving set, tuner, wireless