"encoder" meaning in English

See encoder in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-encoder.wav Forms: encoders [plural]
Etymology: From encode + -er. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|encode|-er|id2=agent noun}} encode + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} encoder (plural encoders)
  1. A device or algorithm used to encode something. Translations (a device to encode a signal): enkooderi (Finnish), encodeur (French), დამშიფრავი (damšipravi) (Georgian), ენკოდერი (enḳoderi) (Georgian), Encoder [masculine] (German), Enkoder [masculine] (German), Kodierer [masculine] (German), κωδικοποιητής (kodikopoiitís) [masculine] (Greek), encoder [masculine] (Italian), codificatore [masculine] (Italian), エンコーダー (enkōdā) (Japanese), koder [masculine] (Polish), szyfrator [masculine] (Polish), enkoder (Turkish), kodlayıcı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-encoder-en-noun-dDfTgrtq Disambiguation of 'a device to encode a signal': 93 7
  2. (engineering) A sensor which converts a position into an electronic signal.
    Sense id: en-encoder-en-noun-aH8RtRGc Categories (other): Engineering, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 41 59 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 26 74 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autoencoder, re-encoder, rotary encoder, shaft encoder, streaming encoder

Inflected forms

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