Compander
[kuh m-pan-der] /kəmˈpæn dər/
noun, Electronics.
1.
(in a communications path) a combination of a compressor at one point and an expander at another, the compressor reducing the volume of a signal and the expander restoring it.
/kəmˈpændə/
noun
1.
a system for improving the signal-to-noise ratio of a signal at a transmitter or recorder by first compressing the volume range of the signal and then restoring it to its original amplitude level at the receiving or reproducing apparatus
compressor-expander
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