syntonize

American  

[sin-tn-ahyz] / ˈsɪn tnˌaɪz /

especially British, syntonise

verb (used with object)

syntonized, syntonizing

1. to render syntonic; tune to the same frequency.

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Other Word Forms

• syntonization
  noun
• syntonizer
  noun

Etymology

Origin of syntonize

First recorded in 1890–95; synton(y) + -ize

Example Sentences

It is found possible to "tune," or "syntonize," the aërial rod or wire of a receiving station with a transmitter.

From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Williams, Archibald