wobbulator

English

Etymology

Blend of wobble +‎ oscillator

Noun

wobbulator (plural wobbulators)

1. An electronic device primarily used for the alignment of receiver or transmitter intermediate frequency strips, often in conjunction with an oscilloscope; a swept-output RF oscillator; a variable capacitor driven by a voice coil; a main component of a FM circuit.

   Synonym: sweep generator

Alternative forms

• wobulator (less common)

Translations

electronic device primarily used for aligning intermediate frequency strips

• German: Wobbelgenerator
• Polish: wobulatora