synchronic

adj 1: occurring or existing at the same time or having the same

period or phase; "recovery was synchronous with

therapy"- Jour.A.M.A.; "a synchronous set of clocks";

"the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight";

"synchronous oscillations" [syn: {synchronous}, {synchronal}]

[ant: {asynchronous}]

2: concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a

particular period without considering historical

antecedents; "synchronic linguistics"; "descriptive

linguistics" [syn: {descriptive}] [ant: {diachronic}]

3: (of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time

synchronous

1. Two or more processes

that depend upon the occurrences of specific events such as

common timing signals.

2. Occurring at the same time or at the same rate or with a

regular or predictable time relationship or sequence.

Opposite: {asynchronous}.

(1996-04-11)