syntonous (sintonus)

[ Claudius Ptolemy (130) rectified this error, and in the σύν , so-called syntonous or intense diatonic scale reduced the proportions of his tetrachord. Encyc. Brit., XXIV. 771. syn tractrix (sin-trak'triks), n. [NL., syntropic (sin-trop'ik), a. [ Syn tractrix. σύν, together, + τρέπειν, turn.] Turning in the same direction: in anatomy noting the position of those parts, and those parts themselves, which form by repetition a series of similar segments: thus, several vertebræ, or several ribs, are syntropic in respect of one another: opposed to anti tropic. Syntropic . Similar, and pointing in the same direction, so as to form a series. New York Med. Jour., XL. 114. syntypic (sin-tip'ik), a. [ Belonging to the same type.