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compander [kəmˈpændə]

(Communication Arts / Broadcasting) 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

[from com(pressor) + (ex)pander]

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