🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

processador de áudio

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pɾosesaˈdoɾ dʒi ˈawdʒu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Audio-processor/ˈɔːdi.oʊ ˈprɒs.ɛs.ər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O engenheiro ajustou o processador de áudio da mesa de som."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An electronic device or software component used to manipulate the characteristics of an audio signal, such as its frequency, dynamics, or spatial properties.

    "The studio engineer used an advanced audio-processor to clean up the background noise on the vocal track."
  2. 2

    A specialized microprocessor designed specifically to handle digital signal processing for sound, commonly found in modern computing devices and hearing aids.

    "This smartphone features a dedicated audio-processor for immersive spatial sound."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'audire' (to hear) combined with the prefix audio-, and the Latin 'processus' (a going forward, progress) via process and the agent suffix -or. It emerged in the mid-20th century with the advent of electronic sound recording and telecommunications technology to describe devices that alter or enhance audio signals.

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