syntonizev.
/ˈsɪntənʌɪz/ transitive. To make syntonic; to ‘tune’ or adjust to the same or corresponding frequencies, as a transmitter and receiver in wireless telegraphy.
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syntonize1901
1901 Munsey's Mag. June 365/1 A system..that would be able to syntonize or select its despatches.
Derivatives
ˌsyntoniˈzation n. the action of syntonizing.
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syntonization1898
1898 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 307 The Marconi apparatus seems to lend itself imperfectly to the ‘sharp syntonisation’.
ˈsyntonized adj.
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syntonized1892
1892 O. Lodge Mod. Views Electr. xvi. 355 Vacuum tubes..attached to an ordinary syntonized receiver.
1898 Engin. Mag. 16 142/1 Lodge's System of Syntonized Wireless Telegraphy.
ˈsyntonizer n. an apparatus for syntonizing.
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electric wire1819
pecker1858
sounder1860
motograph1874
contact-point1879
phonopore1885
phonophore1886
separator1891
syntonizer1900
power buzzer1918
1900 S. R. Bottone Wireless Telegr. iv. 107 These [pegs] serve as supports for the rods which are used as ‘wings’ or syntonizers.
ˈsyntonizing adj.
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