Barkhausen oscillation
Barkhausen oscillation
[′bärk‚hau̇z·ən ‚äs·ə′lā·shən] (electronics)
Undesired oscillation in the horizontal output tube of a television receiver, causing one or more ragged dark vertical lines on the left side of the picture.
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