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synchronous
[sing-kruh-nuhs]
adjective
occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.
The longest running “Turkey Trot” 5K is being held as a synchronous race in more than a dozen cities this Thanksgiving morning, and all proceeds will benefit the food bank.
(especially in education) occurring in real time, as with participants logged in at an appointed time for a live lecture or discussion: Synchronous telemedicine connects patients for instantaneous interactions with a medical professional.
Lectures for this blended learning class are synchronous webinars and will not be recorded or posted for asynchronous access.
Synchronous telemedicine connects patients for instantaneous interactions with a medical professional.
going on at the same rate and exactly together; recurring together.
Physics, Electricity.having the same frequency and zero phase difference.
Digital Technology.relating to or being a computer operation that must complete before another event can begin.
The synchronous operation requires the host CPU to block subsequent activities until the current process concludes.
Computers, Telecommunications.of, relating to, or operating using fixed-time intervals coordinated by a clock, as in paired data transmission.
Aerospace.geostationary.
synchronous
/ ˈɪŋəə /
adjective
occurring at the same time; contemporaneous
physics (of periodic phenomena, such as voltages) having the same frequency and phase
occurring or recurring exactly together and at the same rate
the synchronous flapping of a bird's wings
Other 51Թ Forms
- synchronously adverb
- synchronousness noun
- nonsynchronous adjective
- nonsynchronously adverb
- nonsynchronousness noun
- unsynchronous adjective
- unsynchronously adverb
- unsynchronousness noun
- ˈԳDzԴdzܲԱ noun
- ˈԳDzԴdzܲ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of synchronous1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of synchronous1
Example Sentences
Those troops now meet with U.S. agents a few times a week and conduct synchronous patrols on their respective sides of the border, Stalnaker said.
Some of these were related to the linear synchronous motor launch system that allowed the ride to reach 100 mph.
The name of the world’s richest man isn’t uttered in this show, but the opening episode’s title, “Bread and Lottery,” is a synchronous acknowledgment that our present climate makes its fictional horrors possible.
Thanks to electroencephalography, researchers can even link slow-wave sleep to a process of synchronous changes in electrical voltages in thousands of neurons, known as up and down states.
The size of the heat dome made it particularly troubling because it resulted in what the study authors called widespread synchronous burning, with many disparate areas igniting at the same time.
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When To Use
Synchronous describes two or more things happening at the same time, as in The fire resulted in the synchronous events of the fire alarm going off and the sprinkler system activating. Synchronous describes something happening in real time, such as with an online course when the students and instructor are all logged in at the same time for a lecture. If you’ve ever attended school via live video, you attended a synchronous class.Synchronous also describes multiple things happening side by side at the same rate, as in The birdwatcher watched the synchronous flapping of the robin’s wings. In physics, synchronous means having the same frequency or phase. A synchronous electric motor, for example, involves a design that results in electric fields of equal voltage.Example: The frail shelter suffered the synchronous assault of high winds and heavy rain.
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