Synchro-unit
[sing-kroh] /ˈsɪŋ kroʊ/
noun, Electricity.
1.
a type of alternating-current motor designed to maintain continuously, at some remote location, the same rotational angle that may be imposed by force upon the electrically connected rotating element of a similar motor.
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