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Definition: Synchronizing |
SynchronizingNoun1. The relation that exists when things occur at the same time; "the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves". 2. An adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison. 3. Coordinating by causing to indicate the same time; "the synchronization of their watches was an important preliminary". 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) | |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
1. Achieving and maintaining synchronism.
2. In fax, achieving and maintaining predetermined speed relations between the scanning spot and the recording spot within each scanning line.
Note: In the civilian community, the noun "synchronization " is preferred to "synchronizing."
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Synchronizing."
Synonyms: SynchronizingSynonyms: synchroneity (n), synchronicity (n), synchronisation (n), synchronising (n), synchronism (n), synchronization (n), synchrony (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: synchronising (electrical engineeringelectrical engineering, mechanical engineering). |
| Antonym: asynchronism (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Synchronizing |
| English words defined with "synchronizing": lip sync, lip synch, lip synchronization. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "synchronizing": fiducial time, FOLDING-MACHINE FEEDER, full synchronization ♦ Network Time Protocol ♦ TELECINE OPERATOR. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Servicing P-39: Synchronizing .50 Caliber Fuselage Guns (1943) | |
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Books | |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | This gathering symbolizes the constitutional foundation which makes continued progress possible, synchronizing the skills of three independent branches of Government, reserving fundamental sovereignty to the people of this great land. |
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| "Synchronizing" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Synchronizing" is used about 4 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) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
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 |
synchronizing | 7 |
synchronizing software | 5 |
carburetor synchronizing | 4 |
file synchronizing | 3 |
outlook synchronizing | 3 |
outlook palm synchronizing | 3 |
audio synchronizing video | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "synchronizing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 同步 (geostationary, synchronisation, synchronise, synchronised, synchronising, synchronization, synchronize, synchronized). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | synkronisering (synchronisation, synchronising, synchronization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | synchroniseren (synchronising), synchronisatie (synchronisation, synchronising, synchronization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | synkronointi (synchronisation, synchronising, synchronization), tahdistus (synchronisation, synchronising, synchronization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | synchronisation (synchronization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | synchronisierend (synchronize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συγχρονισμός φάσης (synchronisation, synchronising, synchronization), συγχρονισμός (timing), συγχρονίζων (synchronising). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sincronizzazione (synchronisation, synchronization, timing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 동시에 진행시김 (synchronising). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ynchronizingsay sincronização (synchronisation, synchronising, synchronization). (various references) синхронизировать синхронизация синхронизирующий. (various references) sincronización (synchronization, timing). (various references) synkronisering (synchronization), fasning (phasing, synchronising). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Synchronizing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: syncronizing. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-g-h-i-i-n-n-n-o-r-s-y-z" | |
-4 letters: shinnying. | |
-5 letters: chignons, chinning, choiring, hinnying, incisory, ironings, nigrosin, ninnyish, rosining, scorning, shinning, shrining, signiory, synching, zorching. | |
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