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synchronous

[sing-kruh-nuh s]
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adjective
  1. occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.
  2. going on at the same rate and exactly together; recurring together.
  3. Physics, Electricity. having the same frequency and zero phase difference.
  4. Computers, Telecommunications. of, relating to, or operating using fixed-time intervals controlled by a clock (opposed to asynchronous).
  5. Aerospace. geostationary.
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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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Examples from the Web for synchronously

Historical Examples

  • 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.

  • We have already seen that synchronously with this intellectual there was a moral impulse coming into play.

  • 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.

British Dictionary definitions for synchronously

synchronous

adjective
  1. occurring at the same time; contemporaneous
  2. physics (of periodic phenomena, such as voltages) having the same frequency and phase
  3. occurring or recurring exactly together and at the same ratethe synchronous flapping of a bird's wings
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Derived Formssynchronously, adverbsynchronousness, noun

Word Origin

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.

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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
synchronously in Medicine

synchronous

(sĭng′krə-nəs, sĭn′-)
adj.
  1. Occurring or existing at the same time.
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