Home › Words › S › suboscillatorsuboscillatorsuboscillator means an oscillator, in an electronic synthesizer, that operates an octave below another oscillator.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, suboscillator ranks #29,379 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom sub- + oscillator.nounAn oscillator, in an electronic synthesizer, that operates an octave below another oscillatorDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.suboctave 73% match — The octave below another. vs suboscillator →subsynchronous 57% match — of a frequency that is a submultiple of another vs suboscillator →subhertz 55% match — Below one hertz. vs suboscillator →interoctave 55% match — Between octaves vs suboscillator →octocontrabass 54% match — An instrument that is pitched one octave below the contrabass. vs suboscillator →subharmonically 54% match — In terms of subharmonics. vs suboscillator →wobbulation 54% match — oscillation between two frequencies, typically by means of a wobbulator vs suboscillator →octobass 53% match — A very large bass requiring two musicians, one to finger and one to bow. vs suboscillator →