Barkhausen-Kurz oscillation

noun

-¦ku̇rts-

variants or Barkhausen oscillation

: ultrahigh-frequency oscillation produced in a triode oscillator by means of a positively biased grid that causes the cathode electrons passing through it to oscillate at a frequency characteristic of the tube and applied voltages

Word History

Etymology

after H. Barkhausen & K.Kurz, 20th century German scientists

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