synthesizer
pronunciation
How to pronounce synthesizer in British English:
UK [ˈsɪnθəsaɪzə(r)]
How to pronounce synthesizer in American English:
US [ˈsɪnθɪˌsaɪzɚ]
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- Noun:
- an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods
- (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments
Word Origin
- synthesizer (v.)
- 1869, agent noun from synthesize. As a type of instrument for generating musical or vocal sounds from 1909; the electronic version is from 1950s.
Example
- 1. It was about a quarter of the size of the synthesizer I use today .
- 2. As a result of his incurable illness hawking can only speak through a voice synthesizer and is almost completely paralyzed .
- 3. The example above will make the speech synthesizer play a sound , then speak the headers in a very rich male voice .
- 4. Miller and lewis , in the discussion below , worked together with a synthesizer to translate the cosmic patterns for human ears .
- 5. The synthesizer must be closed before configuring .