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An oscillator is nothing but an amplifie...

An oscillator is nothing but an amplifier with

A

larger gain

B

positive feedback

C

no feedback

D

negative feedback

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B
When a transistor is used as an amplifier with positive feedback, it works as an oscillator.
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