synchrony
simultaneous occurrence; synchronism.
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
1Words Nearby synchrony
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How to use synchrony in a sentence
In the context of neural information flows, the specific shared resonance is known as neural synchrony.
The Hard Problem of Consciousness Has an Easy Part We Can Solve - Facts So Romantic | Tam Hunt | September 8, 2021 | NautilusThis kind of synchrony is a well-established phenomenon key for brain processes and human consciousness.
The Hard Problem of Consciousness Has an Easy Part We Can Solve - Facts So Romantic | Tam Hunt | September 8, 2021 | NautilusThere is the collective joy our species is hardwired to feel when we move in synchrony with others, a phenomenon that at first was an evolutionary advantage that promoted cooperation during hunting.
The findings support previous research suggesting this kind of synchrony between minds can boost social behavior, “particularly cooperative interactions,” Kozorovitskiy says.
Scientists remotely controlled the social behavior of mice with light | Charles Q. Choi | May 10, 2021 | Science NewsThis “motor synchrony” involved one lion yawning, then another yawning, then the first getting up and walking around or laying back down and the other doing the same thing.
Yawning helps lions synchronize their groups’ movements | Jake Buehler | April 6, 2021 | Science News
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 TalbotMcNiven wondered at the synchrony, but naturally mentioned neither client to the other.
We Can't Have Everything | Rupert HughesAll 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) GibsonNow the success of such a plan obviously depended upon two factors: synchrony and surprise.
Tourcoing | Hilaire BellocIn 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.
Mammals of the San Gabriel Mountains of California | Terry A. Vaughan
British Dictionary definitions for synchrony
/ (ˈsɪŋkrənɪ) /
the state of being synchronous; simultaneity
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