UNSCRAMBLE


Meaning of UNSCRAMBLE in English

“+ transitive verb

Etymology: un- (II) + scramble

1. : to separate (as a conglomeration, mass, or tangle) into original components : resolve , clarify

airfreight carriers, are trying to unscramble a merger omelet — Wall Street Journal

the various possible meanings of di- and de- are so confused that only an expert can unscramble them — Charlton Laird

the unscrambling of a composite race into its original pure-race constituents — A.L.Kroeber

had to unscramble the financial operations which had taken place — British Book News

no adult can ever successfully unscramble his complex mental life — Kathryn Maxwell

jars or cans dumped on table are instantly unscrambled and regimented into a single file — advt

2. : to restore (a scrambled telephonic, radio, or television transmission) to intelligible form

each process by different methods would enable the home television viewer to unscramble special telecast programs — Alvin Shuster

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.