スクランブル

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

scramble; emergency takeoff; emergency interception

Aviation and military use, especially in the compound スクランブル発進, meaning that aircraft are urgently sent up in response to a threat or unidentified aircraft.

• 自じ衛えい隊たい機きがスクランブル発はっ進しんした。

  A Self-Defense Forces aircraft was scrambled.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

scrambling; scrambling a signal; jumbled encoding

Technical use for deliberately scrambling a broadcast, signal, or data so that it cannot be read or viewed normally.

• 映えい像ぞう信しん号ごうをスクランブルして送そう信しんする。

  The video signal is scrambled before transmission.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

scramble crossing; all-way pedestrian crossing

Common in the compound スクランブル交差点, where pedestrians cross in multiple directions at once. The standalone word is often understood through such compounds rather than as a free replacement for every English use of “scramble.”

• スクランブル交こう差さ点てんを渡わたる観かん光こう客きゃくが多おおい。

  Many tourists cross the scramble crossing.