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canceler en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree ▲ Old French cancelerbor. Anglo-Norman cancelerbor. Middle English cancellen English cancel Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English canceler From cancel + -er. Piecewise doublet of chancellor.

Meanings

  1. (agent, form-of) Agent noun of cancel: something that, or someone who cancels something; specifically an electronic device that cancels a signal.
    form of cancel
    • The echo canceler is basically an adaptive tapped delay-line filter with near and far-end sections. 2003, Steven A. Tretter, Communication system design using DSP algorithms:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
canceller alternative lexicographic
cancelers Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

two-pulse canceler · IF canceler · cascaded feedback canceler · three-pulse cascaded canceler