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heterodyne

is a signal processing technique invented in 1901 by Canadian inventor-engineer Reginald Fessenden that creates new frequencies by combining or mixing two frequencies. Heterodyning is used to shift one frequency range into another, new one, and is also involved in the processes of modulation and demodulation. The two frequencies are combined in a nonlinear signal-processing device such as a vacuum tube, transistor, or diode, usually called a mixer. In the most common application, two signals at frequencies f1 and f2 are mixed, creating two new signals, one at the sum f1 + f2 of the two frequencies, and the other at the difference f1 − f2. These new frequencies are called heterodynes. Typically only one of the new frequencies is desired, and the other signal is filtered out of the output of the mixer. Heterodynes are the mathematical dual of the phenomenon of "beats" in acoustics.

A major application of the heterodyne process is in the superheterodyne radio receiver circuit, which is used in virtually all modern radio receivers.

I thought heterodyne meant the oral copulation of a heterosexual.

by yyuryyubicuryy4me May 19, 2018

parasigmatism

parasigmatism is the inability to pronounce the sound of s with some other sound (as of f) being usually substituted for it.

“Sigmatism and parasigmatism and paralambdacism are strongly marked.” — The Mind of a Child” part ll by W. Preyer

by yyuryyubicuryy4me June 30, 2019

Apoophenia

Apoophenia is the phenomenon of seeing feces in everyday objects. A striking feature of these fecal objects is that they not only look like feces, but can convey a personality, social meaning, or even a lingering sense of shit.

Q: What does it mean when you see feces in everything you look at? A: apoophenia

by yyuryyubicuryy4me February 22, 2021