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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A selsyn.

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  • noun sports, informal Any synchronized event, such as synchronized swimming
  • noun electricity A type of rotary electrical transformer that is used for measuring the angle of a rotating machine such as an antenna platform. In its general physical construction, it is much like an electric motor

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a system consisting of a generator and a motor so connected that the motor will assume the same relative position as the generator; the generator and the motor are synchronized

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Short for synchronous.]

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Short for synchronization or synchronized

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