synchroscope

1. 1.

   an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines)

   Synonymssynchronoscopesynchronizersynchroniser

   Broadermeasuring instrument

Other forms of synchroscope

plural

synchroscopes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about synchroscope

What does synchroscope mean?

synchroscope means "an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines)".

How many syllables are in synchroscope?

synchroscope has 3 syllables: synch-ro-scope. The stress falls on "synch".

What is another word for synchroscope?

Close synonyms include synchronoscope, synchronizer, synchroniser. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is synchroscope a common word?

synchroscope is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.