synchronism

American  

[sing-kruh-niz-uhm] / ˈsɪŋ krəˌnɪz əm /

noun

1. coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneity.

2. the arrangement or treatment of synchronous things or events in conjunction with one another, as in a history.

3. a tabular arrangement of historical events or personages, grouped according to their dates.

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

5. (in the psychology of Carl Jung) the simultaneous occurrence of causally unrelated events and the belief that the simultaneity has meaning beyond mere coincidence.

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synchronism British  

/ ˈsɪŋkrəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. the quality or condition of being synchronous

2. a chronological usually tabular list of historical persons and events, arranged to show parallel or synchronous occurrence

3. the representation in a work of art of one or more incidents that occurred at separate times

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Other Word Forms

• synchronistic adjective
• synchronistical adjective
• synchronistically adverb

Etymology

Origin of synchronism

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

Example Sentences

Far from spurring people to abandon her old-fashioned methods and embrace electronic synchronism, the correspondence brought her services to the attention of many who had not previously subscribed.

From BBC • May 27, 2024

The synchronism of these motors may be demonstrated experimentally in a variety of ways.

From The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Martin, Thomas Commerford

Chateaubriand’s first happy synchronism with the course of events was his publishing the “Genius of Christianity” when he did.

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver

Then they hitched up a couple of two hundred kilowatt alternators so that they run in synchronism.

From The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance by Chapman, Allen

For success, as has already been said, one thing was essential, and that thing very difficult to obtain—a perfect synchronism between one stylus and the other.

From Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science by Corbin, Thomas W.

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