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Definition: Synchronising |
SynchronisingNoun1. An adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Electrical Engineering | The process of adjusting the corresponding significant instants of two signals to obtain the desired phase relationship between these instants. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A process or sequence of processes whereby a synchronous machine, after accelerating, is brought into synchronism with another synchronous machine or a system. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Post & Telecom | Process by which equility of time in the scanning of each line of material at the transmitter and receiver is obtained, e. g. equality in rotational speed of the respective drums. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SynchronisingSynonyms: synchronisation (n), synchronization (n), synchronizing (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: synchronisation (fine arts, european unionelectrical engineering), synchronization, synchronizing (electrical engineering, mechanical engineering). |
Crosswords: Synchronising |
| Specialty definitions using "synchronising": Attributed File System ♦ B.C.C., black-out, b-mac ♦ correcting signal ♦ sound in syncs ♦ time division multiplexing. (references) |
| "Synchronising" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "Synchronising" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 88.89% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
generating set synchronising system | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "synchronising"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 同步 (geostationary, synchronisation, synchronise, synchronised, synchronization, synchronize, synchronized, synchronizing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | synkronisering (synchronisation, synchronization, synchronizing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | synchroniseren (synchronizing), synchronisatie (synchronisation, synchronization, synchronizing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | synkronointi (synchronisation, synchronization, synchronizing), tahdistus (synchronisation, synchronization, synchronizing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | synchronisation (synchronization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Synchronisierung (phasing, sychronous idle, synchonization), Synchronisieren (dub, sync, synchronize), Synchronisation (dubbing, synchronization), Gleichlaufverfahren (synchronisation, synchronization, synchronizing), Filmsynchronisation (synchronisation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συγχρονισμός φάσης (synchronisation, synchronization, synchronizing), συγχρονισμός (timing), συγχρονίζων (synchronizing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sincronizzazione (synchronisation, synchronization, timing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 동시에 진행시김 (synchronizing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ynchronisingsay sincronizacão (synchronisation), sincronização (synchronisation, synchronization, synchronizing). (various references) sincronizacion (synchronisation), sincronización (synchronization, timing). (various references) synkronisering (synchronization), fasning (phasing, synchronizing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-g-h-i-i-n-n-n-o-r-s-s-y" | |
-3 letters: incrossing. | |
-4 letters: nigrosins, noncrisis, shinnying. | |
-5 letters: chignons, chinning, choiring, consigns, crossing, hinnying, incisors, incisory, ironings, nigrosin, ninnyish, rinsings, rosining, scorning, shinning, shorings, shrining, signiors, signiory, synching, synchros. | |
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