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单词 descramble
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descramblev.

Brit. /ˌdiːˈskrambl/, U.S. /ˌdiˈskræmbəl/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: de- prefix, scramble v.
Etymology: < de- prefix + scramble v. Compare earlier unscramble v.
transitive. To retrieve a message or transmission from (an incoming scrambled signal). Also: to restore (a signal) from a scrambled version. Cf. unscramble v. 2.
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society > communication > telecommunication > [verb (transitive)] > scramble or unscramble
unscramble1923
scramble1927
descramble1944
1944 H. F. Harvey in H. L. Seward Marine Engin. II. 586/2 To assure privacy, the message is automatically coded by a ‘scrambling’ device in the circuit and is ‘descrambled’ by the receiving station.
1967 D. Roddy Radio & Line Transmission I. xii. 209 At the receiving end, apparatus descrambles the signal.
1987 New Scientist 10 Dec. 29/1 The scrambled programmes will trigger a modified video recorder which has circuitry to descramble the programme.
2005 Wall St. Jrnl. 23 May (Central ed.) r9/5 Cable cards..would be provided by operators and contain the encryption technology needed to descramble their signals.

Derivatives

deˈscrambling n.
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society > communication > telecommunication > [noun] > signal > rendering unintelligible > rendering intelligible
unscrambling1955
descrambling1957
1957 D. Duncan Occam's Razor iii. 28 The message..went through a descrambling process and emerged from the little loud speaker on his desk as a pleasant masculine voice.
2001 Computing Canada 5 Jan. 11/1 There is the offer of low-cost cable descrambling equipment with the comforting promise that ‘this is not illegal’.
deˈscrambled adj.
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1966 Technicon Symp. 1965: Automation Analyt. Chem. 616/2 The computer printout always includes a graphic printout of the descrambled chromatograms.
1987 Ukiah (Calif.) Daily Jrnl. 5 July 7/4 Efforts to offer dish owners a comprehensive package of descrambled programming have failed.
2013 S. Grahn in D. Phelan Cold War Space Sleuths iii. 78 In the descrambled voice signal we could hear that the cosmonauts were speaking Russian but it was still difficult to hear what they said.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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