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.
The difference between an inanimate object and a living one is that one must have an energy source to replicate. In order to replicate, they need a food source to create that exhange of energy to transform molecules into cells and exhaust the molecules as waist that do not.