os·cil·la·tor
n : a device or mechanism for producing or controlling oscillations < is used here to refer to the unknown biological mechanism which gives rise to and controls circadian rhythms -Laura McMurry & J. W. Hastings> : esp : one (as a radiofrequency or audio-frequency generator) for producing an alternating current .
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