Definition of Synthesiser

1. Noun. An intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods.

Exact synonyms: Synthesist, Synthesizer
Generic synonyms: Intellect, Intellectual
Derivative terms: Synthesise, Synthesis, Synthesize

2. Noun. (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments.
Exact synonyms: Synthesizer
Generic synonyms: Electronic Instrument, Electronic Musical Instrument, Keyboard Instrument
Category relationships: Music
Derivative terms: Synthesise, Synthesize

Definition of Synthesiser

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of synthesizer) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Synthesiser

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synteny
synteresis
synteretic
syntexis
synth
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synthase
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synthermal
syntheses
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synthesiser (current term)
synthesisers
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synthesizable
synthesize
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synthesizer
synthesizers
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synthesizing

Literary usage of Synthesiser

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

1. Precision Spectroscopy, Diode Lasers, and Optical Frequency Measuredited by Leo Hollberg edited by Leo Hollberg (2000)
"... with the output from a frequency synthesiser and sending the resulting signal into a frequency counter, with the assumption that the crystal oscillators ..."

2. Human Nature and the Social Order by Charles Horton Cooley (1922)
"... so that the person must either be intelligent Iv moral or else degenerate He must cither make a fresh synthesiser have no synthesis at all. ..."

3. Inclusive Education at Work: Students with Disabilities in Mainstream Schools by Oecd (1999)
"The lower secondary school visited has good workshop and computing facilities, the latter including a computer equipped with a voice synthesiser. ..."

4. The Vitamine Manual: A Presentation of Essential Data about the New Food Factors by Walter Hollis Eddy (1921)
"In other words the germination process is a synthesiser of the vitamine. This observation may be of value where fruits and vegetables are scarce or ..."

5. Paris and the Social Revolution: A Study of the Revolutionary Elements in by Alvan Francis Sanborn (1905)
"He would be a surpassingly subtle analyser and a masterful synthesiser who could establish the connection between polyphonic orchestration, impressionism in ..."

6. Disability in Higher Education by Serge Ebersold, Peter Evans (2003)
"... made available by 27.5% of the universities; an electronic Braille note-taking service or printer by 38.7%; a computer with speech synthesiser by 48.7%. ..."

7. Disability in Higher Education by Serge Ebersold, Peter Evans (2003)
"... made available by 27.5% of the universities; an electronic Braille note-taking service or printer by 38.7%; a computer with speech synthesiser by 48.7%. ..."

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