syntony

noun

1. (uncountable, usually)A condition in which two oscillators have the same resonant frequency.

   “In practice, perfectly accurate syntony is not necessary, but some variation in a wave length may be permitted and good results at the receiver will still be attained.”

2. (uncountable, usually)A syntonic state.

   “Betti has dealt with the XXIX Canto of Paradiso in a commentary marked by an extreme richness of spiritual syntonies.”

   “Official demographers hasten to point out that high mortality rates were already a feature of the Brezhnev period, while low fertility rates are after all a sign of social advance, in syntony with Western Europe.”