synchronism
Americannoun
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coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneity.
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the arrangement or treatment of synchronous things or events in conjunction with one another, as in a history.
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a tabular arrangement of historical events or personages, grouped according to their dates.
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Physics, Electricity. the state of having the same frequency and zero phase difference.
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(in the psychology of Carl Jung) the simultaneous occurrence of causally unrelated events and the belief that the simultaneity has meaning beyond mere coincidence.
noun
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the quality or condition of being synchronous
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a chronological usually tabular list of historical persons and events, arranged to show parallel or synchronous occurrence
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the representation in a work of art of one or more incidents that occurred at separate times
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Etymology
Origin of synchronism
First recorded in 1580–90; from Medieval Latin synchronismus, from Greek synchronismós, from sýnchron(os) synchronous + -ismos -ism
Example Sentences
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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
For example, a given motor having, say, eight poles should run, with the armature coil short-circuited, at two thousand revolutions per minute to bring it up to synchronism.
From The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Thomas Commerford Martin
The check is withdrawn and the receiving cylinder commences a fresh revolution in perfect synchronism with the transmitting cylinder.
From Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 by Marcus J. Martin
When such limit is reached or passed, the current is directed through the other coil, which, by increasing the number of armature poles, tends to maintain synchronism.
From The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Thomas Commerford Martin
The political and the literary history of France join a sort of synchronism with one another at a certain point of time, which makes this arrangement not only feasible but natural.
From French Classics by William Cleaver Wilkinson
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