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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmischia
Pronunciation / Transliteration: mee-skyah
"C'è stata una grande mischia per raccogliere gli oggetti caduti."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The act of moving quickly, urgently, or awkwardly, especially by using both hands and feet.
"There was a frantic scrambling of fans toward the stage as the band appeared." - 2
In telecommunications or electronics, the intentional altering of a signal or data stream to make it unintelligible without a specific descrambler.
"The television provider used signal scrambling to prevent unauthorized viewing of premium sports channels."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb 'scramble' (likely of Scandinavian origin, akin to dialectal Norwegian skramla 'to rattle, clatter', or related to Middle Low German schrammeln), appearing in English in the late 16th century. Over time, the term evolved from physical clambering or struggling to move, to metaphorical disordering, signal obfuscation in telecommunications, and rapid competitive maneuvering.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Scrambling" is said worldwide
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brouillage
Transliteration: broo-yahzh
"Le brouillage des signaux radio a perturbé les communications."
Verwürfelung
Transliteration: fer-vuer-fel-ung
"Die Verschlüsselung dient der sicheren Datenübertragung durch Verwürfelung."
mischia
Transliteration: mee-skyah
"C'è stata una grande mischia per raccogliere gli oggetti caduti."
revuelto
Transliteration: reh-vwel-toh
"El revuelto de datos dificultó el análisis."
embaralhamento
Transliteration: em-ba-ra-yal-men-too
"O embaralhamento das cartas foi feito de forma justa."
अव्यवस्था
Transliteration: avyavastha
"सिग्नल की अवव्यवस्था के कारण प्रसारण में बाधा आई।"
扰频
Transliteration: rǎopín
"卫星电视信号采用了扰频技术以防盗播。"
스크램블링
Transliteration: seuk-raeum-beul-ring
"통신 보안을 위해 데이터 스크램블링 기법이 사용되었다."
スクランブル
Transliteration: sukuranburu
"暗号化技術により放送のスクランブルが行われます。"
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