Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!optilink!elliott From: elliott@optilink.UUCP (Paul Elliott x225) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Hetro dining? Webster's etymology says... Summary: disclaimer Message-ID: <4454@optilink.UUCP> Date: 17 Sep 90 17:38:10 GMT References: <17660105@hpfcdj.HP.COM> <4444@optilink.UUCP> Organization: Optilink Corporation, Petaluma, CA Lines: 29 In article <4444@optilink.UUCP>, manley@optilink.UUCP (Dave Manley) writes: > In article <4437@optilink.UUCP>, elliott@optilink.UUCP (Paul Elliott x225) writes: > > In article <17660105@hpfcdj.HP.COM>, myers@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Bob Myers) writes: > > > >Sorry, but this is wrong. The 'super' in superheterodyne is actually > > > >a contraction of 'supersonic' ... > > > > > An interesting theory, but I suspect that it's incorrect as far as the > > > actual origin of the word is concerned.... Hey! I didn't write *any* of that stuff above! Keep that up Dave, and I will be forced to walk across the hall and set you straight IN PERSON! > According to Webster's Ninth Collegiate Dictionary the etymology of the > word 'superheterodyne' is: [*super*sonic + heterodyne]. The earliest date > of usage is 1922. Thanks for the definition, though. -- Paul M. Elliott Optilink Corporation (707) 795-9444 {uunet, pyramid, tekbspa}!optilink!elliott "an archetypal entity..., superimposed on our culture by a cosmic template."