oscillator

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Noun

oscillator (plural oscillators)

1. A tuned electronic circuit used to generate a continuous output waveform.
2. An instrument for measuring rigidity by the torsional oscillations of a weighted wire.
3. (cellular automata) A pattern that returns to its original state, in the same orientation and position, after a finite number of generations.
   • 2010, Andrew Adamatzky, Game of Life Cellular Automata (page 126)

     Synthesis of spaceship flotillas is even more complicated than synthesis of oscillators, since spaceships are like oscillators that move […]

Translations

• French: oscillateur
• German: Oszillator
• Portuguese: oscilador
• Russian: осцилля́тор
• Spanish: oscilador

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