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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