synchronizer

syn·chro·nize  (sngkr-nz, sn-)

v. syn·chro·nized, syn·chro·niz·ing, syn·chro·niz·es

v.intr.

1. To occur at the same time; be simultaneous.

2. To operate in unison.

v.tr.

1.

a. To cause to occur or operate with exact coincidence in time or rate: We synchronized our watches.

b. To cause to occur or operate at the same time as something else: They synchronized their trip with the annual tulip festival.

2. To arrange (historical events) in a synchronism so as to indicate parallel occurrence.

3. To cause (soundtrack and action) to match exactly in a film.

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[Greek sunkhronizein, to be contemporary, from sunkhronos, contemporaneous; see synchronous.]

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synchro·ni·zation (-n-zshn) n.

synchro·nizer n.

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Noun

1.

synchronizer - 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) synchroniser, synchronoscope, synchroscope measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system - instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something