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unscrambler

noun

Etymology

From unscramble + -er.

  1. derived from schramm
  2. derived from schrammen — “to scratch, scrape”
  3. derived from schrammen — “to graze, scratch”
  4. formed as scramble — “scramb + -le”
  5. prefixed as unscramble — “un + scramble”
  6. suffixed as unscrambler — “unscramble + er”

Definitions

  1. That which unscrambles

    That which unscrambles; a device for decoding a scrambled signal.

    • Even with the best helium unscrambler it can be difficult to understand all divers, particularly at deeper depths.
    • I more than once saw home-made satellite TV unscramblers being sold on the street in Havana.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unscrambler. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA