synchronous
occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous: The longest running “Turkey Trot” 5K is being held as a synchronous race in more than a dozen cities this Thanksgiving morning, and all proceeds will benefit the food bank.
(especially in education) occurring in real time, as with participants logged in at an appointed time for a live lecture or discussion: Lectures for this blended learning class are synchronous webinars and will not be recorded or posted for asynchronous access.Synchronous telemedicine connects patients for instantaneous interactions with a medical professional.
going on at the same rate and exactly together; recurring together.
Physics, Electricity. having the same frequency and zero phase difference.
Digital Technology. relating to or being a computer operation that must complete before another event can begin: The synchronous operation requires the host CPU to block subsequent activities until the current process concludes.
Computers, Telecommunications. of, relating to, or operating using fixed-time intervals coordinated by a clock, as in paired data transmission.
Aerospace. geostationary.
Origin of synchronous
1Other words from synchronous
- 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
- un·syn·chro·nous, adjective
- un·syn·chro·nous·ly, adverb
- un·syn·chro·nous·ness, noun
- Compare asynchronous.
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How to use synchronous in a sentence
Now any tutor on Sounding Board has more ways into a user’s mind and workflow, so every call isn’t synchronous and can be managed more evenly.
Sounding Board raises cash as startups wake up to executive coaching | Natasha Mascarenhas | January 22, 2021 | TechCrunchIt will drop a rocket capable of carrying 100kg to Sun-synchronous orbit.
Rocket Report: Billionaire backs Scottish spaceport, Relativity bags a bundle | Eric Berger | December 4, 2020 | Ars TechnicaReal, lasting learning has to be synchronous for the majority of people.
As edtech crowds up, Campuswire bets big on real-time learning | Natasha Mascarenhas | November 11, 2020 | TechCrunchIn previous presidential election years, Jenifer Hitchcock would follow a teaching plan that was synchronous with the election and the news around it.
As the election draws near, civics and government teachers walk a fine line | Joe Heim | October 29, 2020 | Washington PostOne of those teams was Astra, the California-based launch company seeking to build an ultralow-cost rocket capable of delivering about 25kg to Sun-synchronous orbit.
Astra pitches larger rocket, suborbital cargo-delivery plan to Air Force | Eric Berger | October 1, 2020 | Ars Technica
This armature is pivoted at its center, and thus executes vibrations synchronously with those of the pendulum.
Synchronously with the process of ovulation, there commences the monthly function of menstruation.
Woman | William J. RobinsonHe shows that the two auricles move synchronously and that the two ventricles also contract at the same time.
William Harvey | D'Arcy PowersStudy, of course, but synchronously—letting the work be its own exercises.
Ex Voto | Samuel BulterLarge, distended, tortuous, bluish vessels pulsating synchronously with the heart are seen and felt.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. | Alexander Miles
British Dictionary definitions for synchronous
/ (ˈsɪŋkrənəs) /
occurring at the same time; contemporaneous
physics (of periodic phenomena, such as voltages) having the same frequency and phase
occurring or recurring exactly together and at the same rate: the synchronous flapping of a bird's wings
Origin of synchronous
1Derived forms of synchronous
- synchronously, adverb
- synchronousness, noun
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