Syntony

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Syntony \Syn"to*ny\, n. [Cf. Gr. ? agreement. See {Syn-};
     {Tone}.] (Physics)
     State of being adjusted to a certain wave length; agreement
     or tuning between the time period of an apparatus emitting
     electric oscillations and that of a receiving apparatus, esp.
     in wireless telegraphy.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]