noun.
An electronic instrument, often played with a keyboard, that combines simple waveforms to produce more complex sounds, such as those of various other instruments.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
In acoustics, an instrument for the production of complex tones of predetermined composition.
noun.
An electronicinstrument that creates its sounds with electronics and has a keyboard.
noun.
An electronic instrument module that creates its sounds with electronics and does not have any keyboard.
noun.
An electronic circuit that generates an electronic signaloscillation with accuratetiming from a referenceoscillator.
noun.
An electronic device that generates electronic signal patterns to test an electronic circuit.
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noun.
(music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments
noun.
an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods
Word Usage
"It feels like a post including the Rutt-Etra synthesizer is incomplete without a mention of another amazing, early realtime video processor, the Daniel Sandin Image processor."