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synchrony
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun synchrony has 1 sense
- synchrony(n = noun.linkdef) synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchronizing - the relation that exists when things occur at the same time; "the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves" is a kind of temporal relation
Derived forms adjective synchronic1, verb synchronise6, verb synchronise3, verb synchronise1, verb synchronize1, verb synchronize4, verb synchronize3, verb synchronize2, adjective synchronous1
CIDE DICTIONARY
synchrony, n.
The concurrence of events in time; synchronism. [1913 Webster]
"Geological contemporaneity is the same as chronological synchrony."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
synchrony, n.
1 the state of being synchronic or synchronous.
2 the treatment of events etc. as being synchronous.
1 the state of being synchronic or synchronous.
2 the treatment of events etc. as being synchronous.
Etymology
Gk sugkhronos: see SYNCHRONOUS
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