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dis·crim·i·na·tor  audio  (d-skrm-ntr) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. One that discriminates.
  2. Electronics A device that converts a property of an input signal, such as frequency or phase, into an amplitude variation, depending on how the signal differs from a standard or reference signal.



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