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synchro

(siŋ′krō, sin′-)

a system consisting of a generator and one or more motorlike devices connected electrically so that, upon receipt of a signal from the generator, the rotors of the synchronous motors always assume positions identical with that of the generator rotor

Origin: < synchro-

synchronized, synchronous: synchromesh

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noun pl. syn·chros

A selsyn.

Origin:

Origin: Short for synchronous

prefix

Synchronized; synchronous: synchrotron.

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