synchrony

[ sing-kruh-nee ]

noun,plural syn·chro·nies.
  1. simultaneous occurrence; synchronism.

  2. Linguistics. the study of a linguistic system at a single moment in time; a synchronic approach to language study: The book primarily discusses synchrony and is focused on current variation in the German language.: Compare diachrony (def. 2a).

Origin of synchrony

1
First recorded in 1840–50; synchron(ous) + -y3

Words Nearby synchrony

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How to use synchrony in a sentence

  • In the earliest experiments he depended upon his ear to detect whether the motor and tuning-fork were in synchrony.

    Practical Cinematography and Its Applications | Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
  • McNiven wondered at the synchrony, but naturally mentioned neither client to the other.

    We Can't Have Everything | Rupert Hughes
  • All that we electrons have done is to cause one disc to vibrate in exact synchrony with another distant disc.

    Autobiography of an Electron | Charles R. (Charles Robert) Gibson
  • Now the success of such a plan obviously depended upon two factors: synchrony and surprise.

    Tourcoing | Hilaire Belloc
  • In synchrony with the noise made by this deer's rising five other deer in various parts of the brush patch leaped up and made off.

British Dictionary definitions for synchrony

synchrony

/ (ˈsɪŋkrənɪ) /


noun
  1. the state of being synchronous; simultaneity

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