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Synchronizer
noun
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Noun
- 1 One who or that which synchronizes.; Part of a synchromesh manual transmission that allows the smooth engagement of gears.
- 2 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) wordnet
- 3 One who or that which synchronizes.; A device that permits an automatic weapon to fire between the blades of a revolving propeller.
- 4 One who or that which synchronizes.; A kind of arbiter.
- 5 One who or that which synchronizes.; A device for aligning multiple film strips in a replay or editing device.
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- 6 One who or that which synchronizes.; An algorithm that can be applied to a synchronous distributed algorithm to produce a version that operates in asynchronous networks.
Etymology
From synchronize + -er.
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