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

“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

"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 • Nov. 22, 2024

As the particles in a synchrotron gain energy, the fields generated by the steering magnets need to ramp up in synchrony to keep the particles on a circular path of a fixed radius.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 27, 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

I cannot help thinking that if only I knew more about them, and how they maintain our synchrony, I would have a new way to explain music to myself.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas