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noise suppressor
noise limiter
–noun Electronics.
| an electronic circuit that cuts off all noise peaks that are stronger than some specific maximum for the desired input signal, thus limiting atmospheric and other interference. |
squelch
[skwelch] 
,–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash. |
| 2. | to put down, suppress, or silence, as with a crushing retort or argument. |
–verb (used without object)
| 3. | to make a splashing sound. |
| 4. | to tread heavily in water, mud, wet shoes, etc., with such a sound. |
–noun
| 5. | a squelched or crushed mass of anything. |
| 6. | a splashing sound. |
| 7. | an act of squelching or suppressing, as by a crushing retort or argument. |
| 8. | Also called squelch circuit, noise suppressor. Electronics. a circuit in a receiver, as a radio receiver, that automatically reduces or eliminates noise when the receiver is tuned to a frequency at which virtually no carrier wave occurs. |
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