Definition of Syntony

1. n. State of being adjusted to a certain wave length; agreement or tuning between the time period of an apparatus emitting electric oscillations and that of a receiving apparatus, esp. in wireless telegraphy.

Definition of Syntony

1. Noun. (electronics) A condition in which two oscillators have the same resonant frequency ¹

2. Noun. A syntonic state. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Syntony

1. the tuning of transmitters and receivers with each other [n -NIES] : SYNTONIC [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Syntony

synthon
synthone
synthones
synthons
synthpop
synthpops
synths
synthy
syntomy
syntonic
syntonies
syntonin
syntonins
syntonization
syntonize
syntony (current term)
syntopical
syntopicon
syntroph
syntrophic
syntrophin
syntrophins
syntrophs
syntrophy
syntropic
syntropy
syntype
synuclein
synucleins
synura

Literary usage of Syntony

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Story of Wireless Telegraphy by Alfred Thomas Story (1904)
"CHAPTER XI The American Navy Board and "interference"—Wireless telegraphy experiments at Calvi, Corsica—syntony imperfectly attained—Sir Oliver Lodge and ..."

2. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy by John Ambrose Fleming (1908)
"... B, when transmitter antenna is feebly damped. transmitter with no damping at all, then extremely exact syntony would be possible, and receivers could be ..."

3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1898)
"From the nature of the oscillatory disturbances emanating from any of the customary forms of Hertz vibrator, syntony has hitherto been only very partially ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1908)
"These are the two distinct advantage« of tuning, namely, greater distance and syntony, or responding to only one definite note. In a paper read before the ..."

5. The Electrical Engineer (1898)
"From the nature of the oscillatory disturbances emanating from any of the customary forms of Hertz vibrator, syntony has hitherto been only very partially ..."

6. A Story of Wireless Telegraphy by Alfred Thomas Story (1904)
"CHAPTER XI The American Navy Board and "interference"—Wireless telegraphy experiments at Calvi, Corsica—syntony imperfectly attained—Sir Oliver Lodge and ..."

7. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy by John Ambrose Fleming (1908)
"... B, when transmitter antenna is feebly damped. transmitter with no damping at all, then extremely exact syntony would be possible, and receivers could be ..."

8. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1898)
"From the nature of the oscillatory disturbances emanating from any of the customary forms of Hertz vibrator, syntony has hitherto been only very partially ..."

9. Report of the Annual Meeting (1908)
"These are the two distinct advantage« of tuning, namely, greater distance and syntony, or responding to only one definite note. In a paper read before the ..."

10. The Electrical Engineer (1898)
"From the nature of the oscillatory disturbances emanating from any of the customary forms of Hertz vibrator, syntony has hitherto been only very partially ..."

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