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splatter

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splatter [′spladĀ·ər]
(communications)
Distortion due to overmodulation of a transmitter by peak signals of short duration, particularly sounds containing high-frequency harmonics; it is a form of adjacent-channel interference.


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Hearing a splatter of musketry from the distance, he wondered indifferently if those men sometimes slept.
When Daughtry opened it, the ancient one blew in upon him along with a gusty wet splatter of the freshening gale.
"A healthy young slip of a gale from the breath iv it, sir," he answered, "with a splatter iv rain just to wet our gills an' no more.
 
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