An electronic circuit used to implement a variety of simple two-state systems such as oscillators, timers, and flip-flops.(noun)
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Use "multivibrator" in a sentence
"We used to call that a multivibrator but its not decent these days."
"The Vostok ice core data looks like the output from an astable multivibrator."
"Also, this hadn't occurred to me until now, but this kind of machine could actually be used as a time delay, in the same manner as a monostable multivibrator."