scrambler
a person or thing that scrambles.
an electronic device that mixes and confuses telecommunications signals in order to make them unintelligible through certain circuits.: Compare unscrambler (def. 2).
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How to use scrambler in a sentence
Don knelt and fished from under the other's left arm a vicious-looking short-barrelled scrambler.
Medal of Honor | Dallas McCord ReynoldsThis is the tragic side of the scrambler's career, the shadow thrown by almost every one of the class.
The Girl of the Period and Other Social Essays, Vol. I (of 2) | Eliza Lynn Linton"They won't scan through this scrambler, sir," asserted the young officer.
The Outbreak of Peace | Horace Brown Fyfe“The speech scrambler is an electric circuit which automatically transposes voice frequencies,” the Commodore resumed.
Saboteurs on the River | Mildred A. WirtDan gulped the last of his coffee, and found a visi-phone booth with a scrambler in working order.
Martyr | Alan Edward Nourse
British Dictionary definitions for scrambler
/ (ˈskræmblə) /
a plant that produces long weak shoots by which it grows over other plants
an electronic device that renders speech unintelligible during transmission, normal speech being restored at the receiving system
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Scientific definitions for scrambler
[ skrăm′blər ]
An electronic device that scrambles telecommunication signals to make them unintelligible to anyone without a special receiver.
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