noun In electricity, an apparatus for indicating when two alternating-current machines are revolving at the same speed.
noun One who or that which synchronizes; especially, a contrivance for synchronizing clocks. Also spelled synchroniser.
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noun One who/which synchronizes.
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noun 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)
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synchronize verb + -er
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Easy subtitle synchronizer makes life really easy.
Carmel Myers acted in over seventy films, was an early television talk-show host, led a production company that packaged radio and television shows, held a patent for an electronic synchronizer that controlled studio lights, and imported and distributed French perfume.
This amazing soundclash is all made with live drums, live bass, toy keyboards and other gadgets, looping pedals and crazy old FX units, AND, the piéce de résistance, a 35mm film synchronizer thingy that band leader Brian Borcherdt (sounds like Orchard) scratches with ... no, seriously, its like he's scratching old film-strips and movies that have a magnetic sound track on them, and it sounds like a turntable.
This amazing soundclash is all made with live drums, live bass, toy keyboards and other gadgets, looping pedals and crazy old FX units, AND, the piéce de résistance, a 35mm film synchronizer thingy that band leader Brian Borcherdt (sounds like Orchard) scratches with ... no, seriously, its like he's scratching old film-strips and movies that have a magnetic sound track on them, and it sounds like a turntable.
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