The crystal oscillator circuit sustains oscillation by taking a voltage signal from the quartz resonator, amplifying it, and feeding it back to the resonator. The rate of expansion and contraction of the quartz is the resonant frequency, and is determined by the cut and size of the crystal.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: inanimate(Noun) Something that is not alive. inanimate(Adjective) Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object. inanimate(Adjective) Not being, and never having been alive. inanimate(Adjective) Not animate.
inaction. n. 1. lack of action; idleness; inertia.(ÉªnËaek ÉªnËÃ¦k). ÊÉn. nut the Honest Man explained that as he was merely the agent of a company of other honest men it was none of his affair; and when the officers came to serve him with a subpoena he hid himself behind his back and wiled away the dragging hours of retirement and inaction by picking his own pockets.