SYNCHRONIZER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does synchronizer mean? 

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

1. 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)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYNCHRONIZER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

synchroniser; synchronizer; synchronoscope; synchroscope

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

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

Derivation:

synchronize (make synchronous and adjust in time or manner)