synchrony

[ sing-kruh-nee ]

noun

, plural syn·chro·nies.

1. simultaneous occurrence; synchronism.
2. Linguistics. the study of a linguistic system at a single moment in time; a synchronic approach to language study: Compare diachrony ( def 2a ).

   The book primarily discusses synchrony and is focused on current variation in the German language.

synchrony

/ ˈsɪŋkrənɪ /

noun

1. the state of being synchronous; simultaneity

Word History and Origins

Origin of synchrony¹

First recorded in 1840–50; synchron(ous) + -y ³

Example Sentences

“My hunch is that the synchrony is kind of the point,” he says.

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"Many neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, epilepsy and Parkinson's involve disruption of emergent properties like neural synchrony," they write.

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This lack of social synchrony can land even the most debonair droid in the “uncanny valley.”

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As the particles in a synchrotron gain energy, the fields generated by the steering magnets need to ramp up in synchrony to keep the particles on a circular path of a fixed radius.

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The remarkable synchrony of this interannual variation was known to extend to hundreds and thousands of kilometres in many species.

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