synchronizer

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noun

Part of a synchromesh manual transmission that allows the smooth engagement of gears.

Similar
synchroscopesynchronoscopesynchroniser
OriginEnglish synchronize ← Ancient Greek συγχρονίζω (sunkhronízō) ← Proto-Hellenic *ksún →
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Meanings

nounsynchronizer (plural synchronizers)

plural synchronizers

  1. One who or that which synchronizes.
    1. automotivePart of a synchromesh manual transmission that allows the smooth engagement of gears.
    2. aerial warfareA device that permits an automatic weapon to fire between the blades of a revolving propeller.
    3. businessA kind of arbiter.
    4. broadcastingA device for aligning multiple film strips in a replay or editing device.
    5. computerAn algorithm that can be applied to a synchronous distributed algorithm to produce a version that operates in asynchronous networks.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines)

Similar
synchroscopesynchronoscopesynchroniser
Broader
measuring instrumentmeasuring systemmeasuring device
Also see
synchroscope

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱómder.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sem-der.?
  4. Proto-Hellenic*ksún
  5. Ancient Greekσύν (sún)
  6. Ancient Greekσῠν- (sŭn-)
  7. Ancient Greekσυγ- (sug-)
  8. Ancient Greekχρόνος (khrónos)
  9. Ancient Greekσῠ́γχρονος (sŭ́nkhronos)
  10. Ancient Greekσυγχρονίζω (sunkhronízō)
  11. Englishsynchronize
  12. Englishsynchronizer

From synchronize + -er.

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Chicago

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