synchronous

[sing-kruh-nuh s]

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adjective

occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.

going on at the same rate and exactly together; recurring together.

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

Computers, Telecommunications. of, relating to, or operating using fixed-time intervals controlled by a clock (opposed to asynchronous).

Aerospace. geostationary.

Origin of synchronous

1660–70; < Late Latin synchronus < Greek sýnchronos, equivalent to syn- syn- + chrón(os) time + -os adj. suffix; see -ous

Related formssyn·chro·nous·ly, adverbsyn·chro·nous·ness, nounnon·syn·chro·nous, adjectivenon·syn·chro·nous·ly, adverbnon·syn·chro·nous·ness, nounun·syn·chro·nous, adjectiveun·syn·chro·nous·ly, adverbun·syn·chro·nous·ness, noun

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Related Words for synchronously

closely, combined, commonly, concurrently, jointly, mutually, simultaneously, unanimously, coincidentally, collectively, concertedly, concomitantly, contemporaneously, synchronically, unitedly

Examples from the Web for synchronously

Historical Examples of synchronously

Study, of course, but synchronously—letting the work be its own exercises.
Ex Voto
Samuel Bulter
Mixed conditions in the remains of a locality are often due to the presence of different peoples, synchronously or otherwise.
Ancient Pottery of the Mississippi Valley
William H. Holmes
We have already seen that synchronously with this intellectual there was a moral impulse coming into play.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume II (of 2)
John William Draper
Synchronously with the process of ovulation, there commences the monthly function of menstruation.
Woman
William J. Robinson
In 1897 a general census was taken as synchronously throughout the empire as was found possible.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6
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British Dictionary definitions for synchronously

synchronous

adjective

occurring at the same time; contemporaneous

physics (of periodic phenomena, such as voltages) having the same frequency and phase

occurring or recurring exactly together and at the same ratethe synchronous flapping of a bird's wings

Derived Formssynchronously, adverbsynchronousness, noun

Word Origin for synchronous

C17: from Late Latin synchronus, from Greek sunkhronos, from syn- + khronos time

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Word Origin and History for synchronously

synchronous

adj.

1660s, "existing or happening at the same time," from Late Latin synchronus "simultaneous," from Greek synchronos "happening at the same time," from syn- "together" (see syn-) + khronos "time" (see chrono-). Meaning "recurring at the same successive instants of time" is attested from 1670s.

synchronously in Medicine

synchronous

[sĭng′krə-nəs, sĭn′-]

adj.

Occurring or existing at the same time.