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self-synchronizing

self-synchronizing is the present participle and gerund of self-synchronize.

Meaning of self-synchronize

Verb

self-synchronize (third-person singular simple present self-synchronizes, present participle self-synchronizing, simple past and past participle self-synchronized)

  1. To adjust its period to that of an average of the group.

Adjective

self-synchronizing (not comparable)

  1. Being a uniquely decodable code in which the symbol stream formed by a portion of one code word, or by the overlapped portion of any two adjacent code words, is not a valid code word.

Questions about self-synchronizing

What does self-synchronizing mean?
Self-synchronizing means being a uniquely decodable code in which the symbol stream formed by a portion of one code word, or by the overlapped portion of any two adjacent code words, is not a valid code word.
What is self-synchronizing the present participle and gerund of?
Self-synchronizing is the present participle and gerund of self-synchronize.
What part of speech is self-synchronizing?
Self-synchronizing is an adjective.

Words near self-synchronizing in the dictionary

  1. self-sustenance
  2. self-synchronization
  3. self-synchronize
  4. self-synchronized
  5. self-synchronizes
  6. self-synchronizing
  7. self-tacking jib boom
  8. self-talk
  9. self-tanner
  10. self-tapping
  11. self-tapping screw

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