syntony

Noun

syntony (usually uncountable, plural syntonies)

1. (usually) A condition in which two oscillators have the same resonant frequency.
   • In practice, perfectly accurate syntony is not necessary, but some variation in a wave length may be permitted and good results at the receiver will still be attained.1908, United States Congressional Serial Set, page 23
2. (usually) A syntonic state.
   • Betti has dealt with the XXIX Canto of Paradiso in a commentary marked by an extreme richness of spiritual syntonies.1969, Carlo Luigi Golino, editor, Italian Quarterly, volume 13, page 27
   • Rather, it seems to us that the analyst's priority should be to foster the progressive interaction of these areas into the couple's communicative work, so as to arrive, through successive transformations of what we have called functional aggregates, at a shared vision and an experience of emotional...1992, Michele Bezoari, Antonio Ferro, From a play between "parts" to transformations in the couple: psychoanalysis in a bipersonal field, Luciana Nissim Momigliano, Andreina Robutti, Shared...