synchronous

[ sing-kruh-nuhs ]
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adjective
  1. 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.

  2. (especially in education) occurring in real time, as with participants logged in at an appointed time for a live lecture or discussion: 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.

  1. going on at the same rate and exactly together; recurring together.

  2. Physics, Electricity. having the same frequency and zero phase difference.

  3. 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.

  4. Computers, Telecommunications. of, relating to, or operating using fixed-time intervals coordinated by a clock, as in paired data transmission.

  5. Aerospace. geostationary.

Origin of synchronous

1
First recorded in 1660–70; from Late Latin synchronus, from Greek sýnchronos, equivalent to syn- “with, together +chrón(os) “time” + -os adjective suffix; see syn-, -ous

Other words from synchronous

  • syn·chro·nous·ly, adverb
  • syn·chro·nous·ness, noun
  • non·syn·chro·nous, adjective
  • non·syn·chro·nous·ly, adverb
  • non·syn·chro·nous·ness, noun
  • un·syn·chro·nous, adjective
  • un·syn·chro·nous·ly, adverb
  • un·syn·chro·nous·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for synchronous

synchronous

/ (ˈsɪŋkrənəs) /


adjective
  1. occurring at the same time; contemporaneous

  2. physics (of periodic phenomena, such as voltages) having the same frequency and phase

  1. occurring or recurring exactly together and at the same rate: the synchronous flapping of a bird's wings

Origin of synchronous

1
C17: from Late Latin synchronus, from Greek sunkhronos, from syn- + khronos time

Derived forms of synchronous

  • synchronously, adverb
  • synchronousness, noun

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