"prescaler" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: prescalers [plural]
Etymology: From pre- + scaler. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|pre|scaler}} pre- + scaler Head templates: {{en-noun}} prescaler (plural prescalers)
  1. (electronics) A counting circuit used to reduce a high-frequency electrical signal to a lower frequency by integer division. Wikipedia link: prescaler Categories (topical): Electronics Synonyms: predivider

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