different between synthesizer vs stylophone

English

Alternative forms

• synthesiser (especially UK)

Etymology

synthesize +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?n.???sa?.z?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?n.???sa?.z?/

Noun

synthesizer (plural synthesizers)

1. (music) An electronic instrument that creates its sounds with electronics and has a keyboard.
2. (music) An electronic instrument module that creates its sounds with electronics and does not have any keyboard.
3. (electronics) An electronic circuit that generates an electronic signal oscillation with accurate timing from a reference oscillator.
4. (electronics) An electronic device that generates electronic signal patterns to test an electronic circuit.

Derived terms

• synthesist

Descendants

• ? Hebrew: ??????????? (síntesaizer)

Translations

Further reading

• synthesizer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

stylo- +? -phone

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: st??l?f?n, IPA^(key): /?sta?l?f??n/

Noun

stylophone (plural stylophones)

1. (music) A small synthesizer operated using a stylus.

Translations

See also

• stylophone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia