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nonsync

nonsync adjective: relating to a soundtrack that is not synchronized with the picture, but played back from a separate medium.

Adjective

nonsync (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a soundtrack that is not synchronized with the picture, but played back from a separate medium.
    • The great Arri S and M models were workhorses of nonsync filming in the 1970s. They're still great cameras, and you can buy used ones for a pittance. If you're not recording dialogue, they'll be fine. […] If you don't mind windup, spring-driven cameras, the Bolex 16s are good nonsync cameras.2012, Jack Anderson, Shooting Movies Without Shooting Yourself in the Foot, page 216

Origin of nonsync

Short for nonsynchronous or nonsynchronized.

Questions about nonsync

What does nonsync mean?
Nonsync means relating to a soundtrack that is not synchronized with the picture, but played back from a separate medium.
What part of speech is nonsync?
Nonsync is an adjective.

Words near nonsync in the dictionary

  1. nonsymptomatological
  2. nonsynaesthetic
  3. nonsynaptic
  4. nonsynaptically
  5. nonsynaptosomal
  6. nonsync
  7. nonsynchronic
  8. nonsynchronised
  9. nonsynchronizable
  10. nonsynchronized
  11. nonsynchronous

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