synchronizer
/'siɳkrənaizə/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A device or instrument that coordinates or aligns the timing of two or more periodic motions or events to occur simultaneously or in a predetermined relationship. This is the core technical meaning, often used in engineering and mechanics.
- A person or thing that causes things to happen at the same time or rate. This is a more general, less common usage.
Usage and Examples
- Noun:
- The aircraft's engine synchronizer ensures both propellers rotate at exactly the same speed.
- In film editing, a synchronizer is used to align the picture film with the magnetic sound track.
- He acted as the synchronizer for the team, coordinating everyone's efforts to meet the deadline. (General usage)
Advanced Usage
- Technical Contexts: The term is highly specific to fields requiring precise timing coordination.
- Aviation: A propeller synchronizer.
- Automotive: A synchronizer in a manual transmission (synchromesh gear) that matches the speeds of gears before they engage.
- Electronics: A clock synchronizer in digital circuits.
- Multimedia: A device or software that syncs audio and video signals.
Variants and Related Words
- Synchronize (verb): To cause to occur or operate at the same time or rate.
- Please synchronize your watches.
- Synchronization (noun): The process or result of synchronizing.
- The synchronization of the data streams was flawless.
- Synchronous (adjective): Happening or existing at the same time.
- The dancers made synchronous movements.
- Synchro (noun, informal): A shortened, informal term for synchronizer or synchronization.
Synonyms
- Coordinator
- Timer
- Sync device (informal/technical)
- Regulator (in some contexts)
Related Phrases and Compounds
- Propeller synchronizer: The specific aviation device referenced in the core definition.
- Frame synchronizer: A device in video processing that aligns video signals.
- Data synchronizer: A circuit that aligns data streams with a clock signal.
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)