unscramblern.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈskrambl̩ə/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈskramblə/, U.S. /ˌənˈskræmb(ə)lər/ A device for unscrambling scrambled messages or signals.
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society > communication > telecommunication > [noun] > signal > rendering unintelligible > rendering intelligible > device for
descrambler1945
unscrambler1968
1968 A. B. Carlson Communication Systems v. 218 The system shown..is a simplified speech scrambler... Show that an identical system will suffice as an unscrambler.
1976 ‘A. Hall’ Kobra Manifesto vi. 80 We began reading the signals as they came off the integral unscrambler.
1979 Maclean's 26 Mar. 59/1 Methods range from such simple expedients as wrapping antennas with aluminum foil to black-market sales of ‘unscramblers’ that decode signals.
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n.1968- on sundry wise
- on supply
- on supposal of
- on supposal that
- on surety
- on surfari
- on sus
- on take
- on tap
- on target
- on television
- on telly
- on tenterhooks
- on terms
- on that behalf
- on that note
- on that other side
- on the account of
- on the account of someone
- on the agenda
- on the air
- on the alert
- on the angle
- on the anvil
- on the anxious seat