Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who or that which synchronizes; especially, a contrivance for synchronizing clocks. Also spelled synchroniser.
  • noun In electricity, an apparatus for indicating when two alternating-current machines are revolving at the same speed.

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  • noun One who/which synchronizes.

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  • noun an 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)

Etymologies

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synchronize verb + -er

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Examples

  • Easy subtitle synchronizer makes life really easy.

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  • SyncPlaces is a bookmark/password synchronizer for Firefox that keeps them private by using your own web (requires WebDAV) or ftp server.

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  • SyncPlaces is a bookmark/password synchronizer for Firefox that keeps them private by using your own web (requires WebDAV) or ftp server.

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  • When you eat is an important synchronizer and organizer of the circadian rhythm of cortisol secretion.

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  • When you eat is an important synchronizer and organizer of the circadian rhythm of cortisol secretion.

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  • Carmel Myers acted in over seventy films, was an early television talk-show host, led a production company that packaged radio and television shows, held a patent for an electronic synchronizer that controlled studio lights, and imported and distributed French perfume.

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  • The folder synchronizer notes when local files are deleted and deletes them on the server using this call.

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  • There's also the case of biologist Genevieve Switz, a "strong synchronizer."

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  • This amazing soundclash is all made with live drums, live bass, toy keyboards and other gadgets, looping pedals and crazy old FX units, AND, the piéce de résistance, a 35mm film synchronizer thingy that band leader Brian Borcherdt (sounds like Orchard) scratches with ... no, seriously, its like he's scratching old film-strips and movies that have a magnetic sound track on them, and it sounds like a turntable.

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  • This amazing soundclash is all made with live drums, live bass, toy keyboards and other gadgets, looping pedals and crazy old FX units, AND, the piéce de résistance, a 35mm film synchronizer thingy that band leader Brian Borcherdt (sounds like Orchard) scratches with ... no, seriously, its like he's scratching old film-strips and movies that have a magnetic sound track on them, and it sounds like a turntable.

    Holy What Now? (Music (For Robots)) 2005

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