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com⋅pand⋅er

[kuhm-pan-der]
–noun Electronics.
(in a communications path) a combination of a compressor at one point and an expander at another, the compressor reducing the volume of a signal and the expander restoring it.
Also, com⋅pan⋅dor.


Origin:
1965–70; com(press) + (ex)pand + -er 1
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compander
compressor-expander
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