superregeneration

noun

su·​per·​regeneration

"+

: regeneration in an electronic circuit that by periodic usually supersonic changes in the operating conditions (such as a reduction of the operating voltage of a tube) prohibits free oscillation and gives the circuit a very high sensitivity to radio signals

Word History

Etymology

super- + regeneration

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