Definition of Garble

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garble
v. distort, jumble, mix up, confuse; misrepresent, falsify

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Garble Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries

DOD Dictionary of Military Terms
garble
An error in transmission, reception, encryption, or decryption that changes the text of a message or any portion thereof in such a manner that it is incorrect or undecryptable.
  


Garble Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Garble
(v. t.)
To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices.
  
(v. t.)
To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.
  
(n.)
Refuse; rubbish.
  
(n.)
Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called garblings.
  

WordNet 2.0
garble

Verb
1. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
(synonym) falsify, distort, warp
(hypernym) misrepresent, belie
(hyponym) mangle, mutilate, murder

Anagram
garble
      gabler

GLOSSARY OF ESOTERIC WORDS
garble
1. To mix up or distort to such an extent as to make misleading or incomprehensible.
2. To scramble (a signal or message), as by erroneous encoding or faulty transmission.
3. Archaic. To sort out; cull.
noun:The act or an instance of garbling


hEnglish - advanced version
garble

garble
\gar"ble\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. garbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. garbling.] [formerly, to pick out, sort, of. grabeler, for garbeler to examine precisely, garble spices, fr. ll. garbellare to sift; cf. sp. garbillar to sift, garbillo a coarse sieve, l. cribellum, dim. of cribrum sieve, akin to cernere to separate, sift (cf. e. discern); or perh. rather from ar. gharbāl, gharbil, sieve.]
1. to sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices. [obs.]
2. to pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.
garble
\gar"ble\, n. 1. refuse; rubbish. [obs.] --wolcott.
2. pl. impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called garblings.
garble
v : make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story [syn: falsify, distort, warp]





Garble Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

Telecommunication Standard Terms
garble
1. An error in transmission, reception, encryption, or decryption that changes the text of a message or any portion thereof in such a manner that it is incorrect or undecryptable. [JP1] 2. In a telephone circuit or channel, readily audible but unintelligible interference from another circuit or channel. Note: Garble may, for example, take place in an FDM telephone carrier system in which an interfering signal from another channel or system is demodulated in such a fashion that it has an objectionable audio power level but is nonetheless unintelligible.


Garble Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Garble
GARBLE, v.t. make an unfair selection from (statements, facts, etc.) in order to give false ideas.

In telecommunication, the term garble has the following meanings:
Garble in transmissions: An error in transmission, reception, encryption, or decryption that changes the text of a message or any portion thereof in such a manner that it is incorrect or undecryptable;

Garble in telephone circuits: In a telephone circuit or channel, readily audible but unintelligible interference from another circuit or channel.


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