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syn⋅chron⋅ic

  [sin-kron-ik, sing-]
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–adjective Linguistics.
having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.
Also, syn⋅chron⋅i⋅cal.
Compare diachronic.

Origin:
1825–35; < LL synchron(us) synchronous + -ic

Related forms:
syn⋅chron⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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syn·chron·ic   (sĭn-krŏn'ĭk, sĭng-)   
adj.  
  1. Synchronous.
  2. Of or relating to the study of phenomena, such as linguistic features, or of events of a particular time, without reference to their historical context.
syn·chron'i·cal·ly adv.
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synchronic 
1833 shortening of synchronical (1652), from L.L. synchronus "simultaneous" (see synchronous). Linguistic sense is first recorded 1922, probably a borrowing from Fr. synchronique (de Saussure, 1913).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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