Meaning of SYNCHRONIC
Pronunciation: | | sin'krânik
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- [adj] concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents; "synchronic linguistics"; "descriptive linguistics"
- [adj] occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase; "recovery was synchronous with therapy"- Jour.A.M.A.; "a synchronous set of clocks"; "the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight"; "synchronous oscillations"
- [adj] (of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time
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| Synonyms: | | at the same time(p), coetaneous, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, contemporaneous, contemporary, cooccurring, descriptive, in parallel(p), parallel, simultaneous, synchronised, synchronized |
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| Antonyms: | | asynchronous, diachronic, historical | |
| See Also: | | synchronal, synchronic, synchronous | |
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| Definition: | | referring to phenomena considered at a single point in time; i.e. an approach which is not primarily concerned with change (cf. diachronic). |
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