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echo suppressor

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echo suppressor [′ek·ō sə‚pres·ər]

(electronics)

A circuit that desensitizes radar navigation equipment for a fixed period after the reception of one pulse, for the purpose of rejecting delayed pulses arriving from longer, indirect reflection paths.

A relay or other device used on a transmission line to prevent a reflected wave from returning to the sending end of the line.

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