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                                synchronous
                                	| synchronous converter 
                                	| synchronous motor 
                                	| synchronous operation 
                                	| synchronously 
                                	| synchrony 
                            
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective synchronous has 2 senses
- synchronous(a = adj.all) synchronal, synchronic - occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase; "recovery was synchronous with therapy"; "a synchronous set of clocks"; "the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight"; "synchronous oscillations" Antonym: asynchronous
- synchronous(a = adj.all) Array - (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that requires a common clock signal (a timing reference) between the communicating devices in order to coordinate their transmissions; Array Antonym: asynchronous
Derived forms noun synchroneity1, noun synchrony1
CIDE DICTIONARY
synchronous, a. [Gr. ; sy`n with +  time.  Cf. Chronicle.]. 
                                            
                                         Happening at the same time; simultaneous.                                                                                 [1913 Webster]                                                                                                                    
                                                                                    OXFORD DICTIONARY
synchronous, adj.  (often foll. by with) existing or occurring at the same time.
                    Idiom
                        synchronous motor Electr.  a motor having a speed exactly proportional to the current frequency.
                                                                                    Derivative
                        synchronously adv.
                                                                Etymology
                        LL synchronus f. Gk sugkhronos (as SYN-, khronos time)
                                    THESAURUS
synchronous
accompanying, accordant, according, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, answerable, associate, associated, assonant, assonantal, at one, at one with, attuned, blended, blending, chiming, coacting, coactive, coadunate, coetaneous, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coherent, coincident, coinciding, collaborative, collective, collusive, combined, combining, commensurate, compatible, concerted, concomitant, concordant, concurrent, concurring, conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, conjoint, consentaneous, consentient, consilient, consistent, consonant, conspiratorial, contemporaneous, cooperant, cooperating, cooperative, coordinate, correspondent, corresponding, coworking, en rapport, equivalent, harmonic, harmonious, harmonizing, homophonic, in accord, in agreement, in chorus, in concert, in concord, in phase, in rapport, in step, in sync, in synchronization, in tempo, in time, in tune, in unison, inaccordance, inharmony, joint, like-minded, meeting, monodic, monophonic, of a piece, of like mind, of one mind, on all fours, on the beat, parasitic, positive, proportionate, reconcilable, saprophytic, self-consistent, simultaneous, symbiotic, symphonious, synchronal, synchronic, synchronized, synergetic, synergic, synergistic, tuned, unanimous, uniform, unisonant, unisonous, united, unitingROGET THESAURUS
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Synchronism
N synchronism, coexistence, coincidence, simultaneousness, simultaneity, concurrence, concomitance, unity of time, interim, isochronism, contemporary, coetanian, synchronous, synchronal, synchronic, synchronical, synchronistical, simultaneous, coexisting, coincident, concomitant, concurrent, coeval, coevous, contemporary, contemporaneous, coetaneous, coeternal, isochronous, at the same time, simultaneously, together, in concert, during the same time, in the same breath, pari passu, in the interim, as one, at the very moment, just as, as soon as, meanwhile.
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