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.
Nothing can be inanimate, which is sweetheart and child in one. It was hard to think of it as an inanimate thing, once having seen it in the air. Inanimate objects are no calmer than passions and cares now seem to be, all laid asleep. I am caught in a tangle and I remain suspended and inanimate, in the depth of a nightmare.