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synchronism

[ sing-kruh-niz-uhm ]

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noun

coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneity.
the arrangement or treatment of synchronous things or events in conjunction with one another, as in a history.
a tabular arrangement of historical events or personages, grouped according to their dates.
Physics, Electricity. the state of having the same frequency and zero phase difference.
(in the psychology of Carl Jung) the simultaneous occurrence of causally unrelated events and the belief that the simultaneity has meaning beyond mere coincidence.

synchronism

/ ˈsɪŋkrəˌnɪzəm /

the quality or condition of being synchronous
a chronological usually tabular list of historical persons and events, arranged to show parallel or synchronous occurrence
the representation in a work of art of one or more incidents that occurred at separate times

syn·chro·nis·tic [sing-kr, uh, -, nis, -tik], syn·chro·nis·ti·cal adjective
syn·chro·nis·ti·cal·ly adverb

First recorded in 1580–90; from Medieval Latin synchronismus, from Greek synchronismós, from sýnchron(os) synchronous + -ismos -ism

C16: from Greek sunkhronismos; see synchronous , -ism

The music-box, which has one of these handles, plays at the same time behind the curtain in perfect synchronism.

The sun was hidden and revealed at intervals, hope oscillating in synchronism with the changes of the sky.

A small mirror attached to the wires is thus deflected rapidly to and fro in synchronism with the variations of the current.

The nearest approach to perfect synchronism between unit and foundation is obtained by a gradual rise in speed.

The motor then continues to run in synchronism with the generator.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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