synchrony
Americannoun
plural
synchronies-
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.
noun
Etymology
Origin of synchrony
First recorded in 1840–50; synchron(ous) + -y 3
Example Sentences
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“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 • Jan. 22, 2026
This lack of social synchrony can land even the most debonair droid in the “uncanny valley.”
From Science Magazine • Mar. 29, 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
There might be some comfort in the recognition of synchrony, in the information that we all go down together, in the best of company.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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