First Known Use: circa 1939
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vocoder
noun vo·cod·er \ˈvō-ˈkō-dər\
Definition of VOCODER
: an electronic mechanism that reduces speech signals to slowly varying signals transmittable over communication systems of limited frequency bandwidth
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Origin of VOCODER
voice coder
Rhymes with VOCODER
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