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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedentsplay

Example:

synchronic linguistics

Classified under:

Adjectives

Also:

synchronal; synchronic; synchronous (occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase)

Domain category:

language; linguistic communication (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)

Antonym:

diachronic (used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phaseplay

Example:

synchronous oscillations

Synonyms:

synchronal; synchronic; synchronous

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

coetaneous; coeval; contemporaneous (of the same period)

coexistent; coexisting (existing at the same time)

co-occurrent; coincident; coincidental; coinciding; concurrent; cooccurring; simultaneous (occurring or operating at the same time)

contemporaneous; contemporary (occurring in the same period of time)

parallel (of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations)

synchronic ((of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time)

synchronised; synchronized (operating in unison)

Also:

synchronic (concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents)

Derivation:

synchronicity; synchrony (the relation that exists when things occur at the same time)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological timeplay

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

synchronal; synchronic; synchronous (occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase)

Derivation:

synchronicity (the relation that exists when things occur at the same time)

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