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

When the speed necessary for synchronism is imparted to the main motor, the current is shifted from the torque motor into the other.

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

The music-box, which has one of these handles, plays at the same time behind the curtain in perfect synchronism.

From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille

To assume a cylindrical form of primary wave would be justifiable only when there is synchronism among the secondary waves issuing from the various centres.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

It is evident, therefore, that some arrangement must be employed whereby synchronism, as well as isochronism of the two instruments can be maintained.

From Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 by Martin, Marcus J.

Related Words

• unanimity