synchronizer
krəˌnaɪz verb (used with object)
1.
to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
2.
to cause to go on, move, operate, work, etc., at the same rate and exactly together: They synchronized their steps and walked on together.
3.
Movies, Television.
a.
to cause (sound and action) to match precisely: to synchronize the sound of footsteps with the actor's movements.
b.
to match the sound and action in (a scene).
4.
to cause to agree in time of occurrence; assign to the same time or period, as in a history.
5.
to adjust the periodicities of (two or more electrical or mechanical devices) so that the periods are equal or integral multiples or fractions of each other.
verb (used without object)
6.
to occur at the same time or coincide or agree in time.
7.
to go on, move, operate, work, etc., at the same rate and exactly together; recur together.
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Also, especially British, syn·chro·nise.
Origin:
1615–25; < Greek synchronízein to be contemporary with, equivalent to sýnchron(os) synchronous + -izein -ize
1615–25; < Greek synchronízein to be contemporary with, equivalent to sýnchron(os) synchronous + -izein -ize
Related forms
syn·chro·ni·za·tion, noun
syn·chro·niz·er, noun
de·syn·chro·ni·za·tion, noun
de·syn·chro·nize, verb (used with object), de·syn·chro·nized, de·syn·chro·niz·ing.
un·syn·chro·nized, adjective
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synchronize or synchronise (ˈsɪŋkrəˌnaɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (when intr, | |
| 1. | to occur or recur or cause to occur or recur at the same time or in unison |
| 2. | to indicate or cause to indicate the same time: synchronize your watches |
| 3. | to download files, esp music or video files, from a PC to a portable device such as an iPod, or to upload files from the device to a PC |
| 4. | (tr) films to establish (the picture and soundtrack records) in their correct relative position |
| 5. | (tr) to designate (events) as simultaneous |
| synchronise or synchronise | |
| —vb | |
| synchroni'zation or synchronise | |
| —n | |
| synchroni'sation or synchronise | |
| —n | |
| 'synchronizer or synchronise | |
| —n | |
| 'synchroniser or synchronise | |
| —n | |
| synchronize or synchronise (ˈsɪŋkrəˌnaɪz) | |
| —vb (when intr, | |
| 1. | to occur or recur or cause to occur or recur at the same time or in unison |
| 2. | to indicate or cause to indicate the same time: synchronize your watches |
| 3. | to download files, esp music or video files, from a PC to a portable device such as an iPod, or to upload files from the device to a PC |
| 4. | (tr) films to establish (the picture and soundtrack records) in their correct relative position |
| 5. | (tr) to designate (events) as simultaneous |
| synchronise or synchronise | |
| —vb | |
| synchroni'zation or synchronise | |
| —n | |
| synchroni'sation or synchronise | |
| —n | |
| 'synchronizer or synchronise | |
| —n | |
| 'synchroniser or synchronise | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
synchronize
c.1624, "to occur at the same time," from Gk. synchronizein "be of the same time," from synchronos "happening at the same time" (see synchronous). The sense of "make synchronous" is first recorded 1806. Synchronized swimming is recorded from 1950.
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