analog-digital converter
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5.4
- noun
- /ˈænəˌlɔɡ ˈdɪdʒɪtəl kənˈvɜrtər/
- Specialized
- To record the vinyl album, she used an analog-digital converter to capture the music in digital format.
Examples
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The new audio system has an analog-digital converter that improves sound quality by converting analog signals to digital.
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The photographer installed an analog-digital converter to enhance the resolution of his film images when scanning them.
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All the instruments feature a 1620-bit analog digital converter and a microcomputer, which enables a combination of data acquisition, signal processing, and communication capabilities and allows the transfer of processed rather than raw data to a host computer.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
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6.8
A device that changes touch or electrical signals into digital data for computers
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4.7
A device that changes real signals like sound into digital numbers a computer can use
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5.1
A device or program that changes information from one format to another, like turning sound into digital data
A device or program that changes a smooth signal into a few fixed numbers
How Powerful
- Specialized
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3.2
- Specialized
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4.4
- Specialized
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5.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
analog-digital + converter
The meaning 'a device that converts analogue signals into digital signals' is directly and transparently composed from 'analog' + 'digital' + 'converter' — the phrase literally names a converter that changes analog to digital. This is a predictable technical compound (common cross-linguistically), so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Analog-digital converter is a small machine that turns smooth signals like sounds or sensor readings from the analog form into 'numbers' a computer can read in the digital form. The word converter shows it 'changes' one form to another, so the name tells you what it does.