scrambler
[skram-bler]
noun
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).
Origin of scrambler
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His image shimmered, then cleared as the scrambler units aligned.
Planet of the DamnedHarry Harrison
The screen flowed with the black and white patterns of the scrambler.
Planet of the DamnedHarry Harrison
He threw the scrambler switch, then asked anxiously, "Yes, Steve?"
The Electronic Mind ReaderJohn Blaine
When he walked in, his secretary was answering the line fitted with a scrambler, which connected directly with the Pentagon.
Warning from the StarsRon Cocking
I don't like to talk about it by screen—too many people know our scrambler combinations.
The Cosmic ComputerHenry Beam Piper
scrambler
noun
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scrambler
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