synchrony
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simultaneous occurrence; synchronism.
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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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Etymology
Origin of synchrony
First recorded in 1840–50; synchron(ous) + -y 3
Example Sentences
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The science of interpersonal synchrony explains how “clicking” can be a fast track to intimacy—or drama.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
“My hunch is that the synchrony is kind of the point,” he says.
From Science Magazine • May 7, 2024
For example, astronomers studying six planets orbiting a star 100 light years away have just found that they orbit their star with an almost rhythmic beat, in perfect synchrony.
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2024
It was an extraordinary event that occurred only because a host of meteorological circumstances came into rare synchrony, said Elizabeth Adams, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in San Diego.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2024
Hundreds or thousands more stood atop the bluffs on the south bank, waving palm leaves in synchrony to create a kind of football wave that Carvajal clearly found peculiar and unnerving.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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