selsyn

English

Etymology

Short for self-synchronizing.

Noun

selsyn (plural selsyns)

1. (electrical engineering) A synchro whose currents are used directly to drive a receiver synchro that rotates in unison with the synchro transmitter.

Descendants

• → Russian: сельси́н (selʹsín)

Translations

a type of synchro

• Russian: сельси́н (ru) m (selʹsín)