SELSYN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does selsyn mean? 

• SELSYN (noun)
  The noun SELSYN has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: SELSYN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELSYN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

selsyn; synchro

Hypernyms ("selsyn" is a kind of...):

system (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity)