"vocoder" meaning in English

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          "code": "eo",
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          "sense": "device or system for the analysis or synthesis of speech",
          "word": "voĉsintezilo"
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          "sense": "device or system for the analysis or synthesis of speech",
          "word": "vocodeur"
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          "word": "vocoder"
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          "roman": "vokóder",
          "sense": "device or system for the analysis or synthesis of speech",
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          "word": "воко́дер"
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