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.
Inanimate Objects. abiology. the study of inanimate things. animatism. the assignment to inanimate objects, forces, and plants of personalities and wills, but not souls. â animatistic, adj. resistentialism. the apparently perverse or spiteful behavior of inanimate objects.