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crystal oven
A device inside a piece of sensitive electronic equipment that holds the temperature of a frequency-controlling crystal constant.
The crystal is kept at a constant temperature inside the oven to prevent change in its physical characteristics and thus in the frequency of the alternating current it produces.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Aviation
- Category: Aeronautics
- Company: Aviation Supplies & Academics
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