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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "sense": "a device to encode a signal",
      "word": "enkooderi"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "a device to encode a signal",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "damšipravi",
      "sense": "a device to encode a signal",
      "word": "დამშიფრავი"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "enḳoderi",
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      "word": "ენკოდერი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "a device to encode a signal",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "de",
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "a device to encode a signal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Enkoder"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "a device to encode a signal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kodierer"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "kodikopoiitís",
      "sense": "a device to encode a signal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κωδικοποιητής"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "a device to encode a signal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "a device to encode a signal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "codificatore"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "enkōdā",
      "sense": "a device to encode a signal",
      "word": "エンコーダー"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "a device to encode a signal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "koder"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "a device to encode a signal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szyfrator"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "a device to encode a signal",
      "word": "enkoder"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "a device to encode a signal",
      "word": "kodlayıcı"
    }
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