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adjective

occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.

going on at the same rate and exactly together; recurring together.

Physics, Electricity. having the same frequency and zero phase difference.

Computers, Telecommunications. of, pertaining to, or operating using fixed-time intervals controlled by a clock (opposed to asynchronous).

Aerospace. geostationary.

Origin:
1660–70; < Late Latin synchronus < Greek sýnchronos, equivalent to syn- syn- + chrón(os) time + -os adj. suffix; see -ous

Related forms

syn·chro·nous·ly, adverb

syn·chro·nous·ness, noun

non·syn·chro·nous, adjective

non·syn·chro·nous·ly, adverb

non·syn·chro·nous·ness, noun

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un·syn·chro·nous, adjective

un·syn·chro·nous·ly, adverb

un·syn·chro·nous·ness, noun

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a progressive disturbance propagated in a medium without progress or advance by the points themselves, as in the transmission of sound or light

pertaining to a process that occurs within an atom; noting a particle contained in an atom, such as electrons, protons, or neutrons

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The rest of nature is more synchronous when it comes to being born.

Real-time and speedy synchronous and asynchronous communication options abound.

The rotor's magnetic field is rotating at the same speed as that of the stator, as in a synchronous machine.

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The rest of nature is more synchronous when it comes to being born.

Real-time and speedy synchronous and asynchronous communication options abound.

The rotor's magnetic field is rotating at the same speed as that of the stator, as in a synchronous machine.

The duo's gravity puts them in a synchronous orbit, which means they face each other with the same side all the time.

Normally, brain activity is synchronous across this circuit's three regions.

It's rear-wheel drive, and those wheels are powered by a synchronous motor mounted in the differential housing.

As the lights came up, the crowd burst into the synchronous cacophony otherwise known as applause.

Tbyrne makes a good point about how it could work with the synchronous aspects of distance ed courses.

It is implicit in the primary synchronous projection of atomic matter everywhere at once.

In synchronous computers, the clock's basic pace must be slow enough to accommodate the slowest action within the group.

My path is to become a learning facilitator for synchronous online adult education.

The only alternative is a discontinuous universe where space and time derive from the synchronous projection of atomic matter.

The judging and pleasure mean one another and are therefore synchronous.

Some of my designs were used to place communication satellites in synchronous orbits.

Most fishes' schools show synchronous movements, but not social structure or cooperation.

Together they're a synchronous riot of outrageous hairstyles, patchwork fabrics and gaudy accessories:.

Out of that plethora of data fell the human brain's synchronous background hum.

Their findings: a synchronous firing of neurons in the neocortex was followed by a diverse set of responses in the hippocampus.

The sensation is accompanied by the synchronous shriek of one dozen angry cylinders.

These fields, generated by devices called linear synchronous motors, both levitate the capsules and propel them forward.

Design of data integration component that manages synchronous and asynchronous data transformation between different data store.

The power plant is a permanent magnet synchronous electric motor.

Time is defined by the synchronous linear succession of discrete space frames.

Space and time are defined a posterior by the synchronous projection of primary hydrogen atoms.

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World English Dictionary

synchronous (ˈsɪŋkrənəs)

—*adj*
1.	occurring at the same time; contemporaneous
2.	physics (of periodic phenomena, such as voltages) having the same frequency and phase
3.	occurring or recurring exactly together and at the same rate: the synchronous flapping of a bird's wings

[C17: from Late Latin synchronus, from Greek sunkhronos, from syn- + khronos time]

'synchronously

—*adv*

'synchronousness

—n

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Word Origin & History

synchronous

1669, "existing or happening at the same time," from L.L. synchronus "simultaneous," from Gk. synchronos "happening at the same time," from syn- "together" + khronos "time." Meaning "recurring at the same successive instants of time" is attested from 1677.

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Medical Dictionary

synchronous syn·chro·nous (sĭng'krə-nəs, sĭn'-)
adj.
Occurring or existing at the same time.

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Computing Dictionary

synchronous definition

operating system, communications
1. Two or more processes that depend upon the occurrences of specific events such as common timing signals.
2. Occurring at the same time or at the same rate or with a regular or predictable time relationship or sequence.
Opposite: asynchronous.
(1996-04-11)

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