synchrony

American  

[sing-kruh-nee] / ˈsɪŋ krə ni /

noun

plural

synchronies

1. simultaneous occurrence; synchronism.

2. Linguistics. the study of a linguistic system at a single moment in time; a synchronic approach to language study.

   The book primarily discusses synchrony and is focused on current variation in the German language.

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synchrony British  

/ ˈsɪŋkrənɪ /

noun

1. the state of being synchronous; simultaneity

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Etymology

Origin of synchrony

First recorded in 1840–50; synchron(ous) + -y ³

Example Sentences

The science of interpersonal synchrony explains how “clicking” can be a fast track to intimacy—or drama.

From The Wall Street Journal

“If I’m syncing with you, my prediction error is minimized,” says Dr. Oliver Saunders Wilder, an interpersonal synchrony researcher affiliated with MIT’s Affective Computing Group.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We have uncovered a surprising solution that the brain employs after sleep whereby neural populations participating in the task reduce their level of synchrony after sleep despite receiving synchronizing inputs during sleep itself," Dragoi said.

From Science Daily

“My hunch is that the synchrony is kind of the point,” he says.

From Science Magazine

"Many neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, epilepsy and Parkinson's involve disruption of emergent properties like neural synchrony," they write.

From Science Daily