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SYNCHRONOSCOPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does synchronoscope mean?
• SYNCHRONOSCOPE (noun)
The noun SYNCHRONOSCOPE 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: SYNCHRONOSCOPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("synchronoscope" is a kind of...):
measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)
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