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selsyn

selsyn noun: a synchro whose currents are used directly to drive a receiver synchro that rotates in unison with the synchro transmitter.

Noun

selsyn (plural selsyns)

  1. A synchro whose currents are used directly to drive a receiver synchro that rotates in unison with the synchro transmitter.

Forms of selsyn

pluralselsyns

Origin of selsyn

Short for self-synchronizing.

Questions about selsyn

What does selsyn mean?
Selsyn means a synchro whose currents are used directly to drive a receiver synchro that rotates in unison with the synchro transmitter.
What part of speech is selsyn?
Selsyn is a noun.
What is the plural of selsyn?
The plural of selsyn is selsyns.

Words near selsyn in the dictionary

  1. Selsor
  2. Selsors
  3. selsoviet
  4. selsoviets
  5. Selston
  6. selsyn
  7. selsyns
  8. SELT
  9. Selter
  10. SELTs
  11. seltzer

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