superhet

American

[soo-per-het] / ˌsu pərˈhɛt /

adjective

Radio Informal.

superheterodyne.

superhet British

/ ˈsuːpəˌhɛt /

noun

See superheterodyne receiver

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Etymology

Origin of superhet

First recorded in 1925–30; by shortening

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One of the operators was E. Howard Armstrong inventor of the regenerative detector, super-regeneration and the supersonic heterodyne receiver, though the French claim that the superhet was first designed by Lucien Levy of Paris.

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