barkhausen-kurz oscillation

\\-|ku̇rts-\ noun or barkhausen oscillation

Usage: usually capitalized B&K

Etymology: after H. Barkhausen & K.Kurz, 20th century German scientists

: ultrahigh-frequency oscillation produced in a triode oscillator by means of a positively biased grid that causes the cathode electrons passing through it to oscillate at a frequency characteristic of the tube and applied voltages