Meaning

5 senses
  1. An electronic musical instrument that creates its sounds with electronics and generally is played via a keyboard.

    (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments

  2. An electronic instrument consisting of a module, or a set of modules, that creates its sounds with electronics and does not have any keyboard.

    синтеза́торsintɛzátor

  3. An electronic circuit that generates an electronic signal oscillation with accurate timing from a reference oscillator.

    синтеза́торsintɛzátor

  4. An electronic device that generates electronic signal patterns to test an electronic circuit.

    синтеза́торsintɛzátor

  5. A software program that allows a computer to be used as a musical instrument – virtual instrument

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The mod wheel is broken on this synthesizer, but the pitch bend still works.

    deDas Modulationsrad an diesem Synthesizer ist defekt, aber der Tonhöhenverschieber funktioniert noch.

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  2. Dr. Hawking communicates with the aid of a speech synthesizer and a portable computer.

    ruДоктор Хокинг общается с помощью синтезатора речи и переносного компьютера.

    deDr. Hawking kommuniziert mit Hilfe eines Sprachgenerators und eines tragbaren Computers.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
music: an electronic keyboard instrument:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
music: an electronic keyboard instrument:

Forms

plural: synthesizers

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments:synthesiser
  • an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods:synthesistsynthesiser

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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