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English adjective: synchronic | |||
| 1. | synchronic occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase | ||
| Samples | Recovery was synchronous with therapy. A synchronous set of clocks. The synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight. Synchronous oscillations. | ||
| Synonyms | synchronal, synchronous | ||
| Similar | co-occurrent, coetaneous, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, contemporaneous, contemporaneous, contemporary, cooccurring, parallel, simultaneous, synchronic, synchronised, synchronized | ||
| See also | synchronic | ||
| Antonyms | asynchronous | ||
| 2. | synchronic concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents | ||
| Samples | Synchronic linguistics. | ||
| See also | synchronal, synchronic, synchronous | ||
| Domain category | language, linguistic communication | ||
| Antonyms | diachronic, historical | ||
| 3. | synchronic (of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time | ||
| Similar | synchronal, synchronic, synchronous | ||
| Antonyms | asynchronous | ||
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