sync
/sɪŋk
/(also synch) informal
noun [mass noun]
Synchronization: images flash on to your screen in sync with the music...
- Even in the 1980s, when realism gradually became the cinematic mainstream, many films only had partial sync sound due to a shortage of technical personnel.
- I decided definitely to shoot a film with sync sound.
- The reproduction carrier frequency is scanned at the converted step frequency width until a frame sync is established after the frame sync is detected.
verb [with object]
Synchronize: the flash needs to be synced to your camera...
- Now, syncing a cellphone with your Outlook could be useful.
- Mics of this type can often also be synched to the zoom function on the camera, so they become more directional as the lens zooms in on a subject.
- Lynch added his atmospheric ambience and the dialogue was then synced.
Phrases
in (or out of) sync
Origin
1920s: abbreviation.