Military Communication Terminology

noun A device used for determining the direction of a radio source

• The ship's crew used a direction finder to pinpoint their location in the vast ocean.
• I found my way back to the campsite using the direction finder on my phone.
• Hey, can you pass me the direction finder so I can see where we're headed?
• She used her intuition as a direction finder to guide her through life's challenges.

noun a device that synthesizes the human voice by encoding it as a series of signals

• The vocoder is a device used to analyze and synthesize the human voice for various audio applications.
• I love playing around with the vocoder on my music software to create cool vocal effects.
• Have you heard that new song with the crazy vocoder effects? It's fire!
• The vocoder of social media filters can distort reality and create a false impression of perfection.