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synchroniser

synchroniser is the alternative form of synchronizer.

Meaning of synchronizer

Noun

synchronizer (plural synchronizers)

  1. Part of a synchromesh manual transmission that allows the smooth engagement of gears.
  2. (aerial warfare) A device that permits an automatic weapon to fire between the blades of a revolving propeller.
  3. A kind of arbiter.
  4. A device for aligning multiple film strips in a replay or editing device.
  5. An algorithm that can be applied to a synchronous distributed algorithm to produce a version that operates in asynchronous networks.

Forms of synchroniser

pluralsynchronisers

Questions about synchroniser

What is synchroniser the alternative form of?
Synchroniser is the alternative form of synchronizer.

Words near synchroniser in the dictionary

  1. synchronised
  2. synchronised skating
  3. synchronised swimmer
  4. synchronised swimmers
  5. synchronised swimming
  6. synchroniser
  7. synchronisers
  8. synchronises
  9. synchronising
  10. synchronism
  11. synchronisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: synchroniser (page history and authors); synchronizer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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