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SYNCHROSCOPE
synchroscope, synchronoscope, synchronizer, synchroniser
(noun) an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
synchroscope (plural synchroscopes)
An instrument that indicates the degree to which two alternating current systems are synchronised with each other; used especially in electricity generation
An instrument used to synchronise the propellers of a twin-engine aircraft
Source: Wiktionary
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HEMLOCK
(noun) poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; “Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock”
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