syntonic

syntonic
syntonically, adv.
/sin ton"ik/, adj.
1. Elect. adjusted to oscillations of the same or a particular frequency.
2. Psychiatry. of or denoting a personality characterized by normal emotional responsiveness to the environment.
Also, syntonical, syntonous.
[1890-95; < Gk sýnton(os) attuned to, lit., stretched together (verbid of synteínein to harmonize, equiv. to syn- SYN- + ton- (deriv. of teínein to stretch; see TONE) + -os adj. suffix) + -IC]

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