Definitions for synchronous

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synchronous syn·chro·nous

Spelling: [sing-kruh-nuh s]

IPA: /ˈsɪŋ krə nəs/

Synchronous is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 315 anagrams from letters in synchronous (chnnoorssuy).

Definitions for synchronous

adjective

1. occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.
2. going on at the same rate and exactly together; recurring together.
3. Physics, Electricity. having the same frequency and zero phase difference.
4. Computers, Telecommunications. of, relating to, or operating using fixed-time intervals controlled by a clock (opposed to asynchronous).
5. Aerospace. geostationary.

Origin of synchronous

1660-70; Late Latin synchronus Greek sýnchronos, equivalent to syn- syn- + chrón(os) time + -os adj. suffix; see -ous

Examples for synchronous

In this fashion, the ion oscillates about the synchronous orbit.

There are no real, long-term safe havens that are immune to synchronous shocks.

It must be remembered that all qualities have their synchronous defects.

The principle of the synchronous motor is illustrated in Fig. 447.

This corresponds to synchronous and successive associations.

It may be truly said that the spread of Buddhism was synchronous with the rise of art and science.

They occur, however, either in 'synchronous' or in 'successive' order.

The loss of whitebark and the rapid increase in human-killed grizzlies are synchronous.

In practice the synchronous motor has a number of pairs of field poles.

For thirty-six years, therefore, their reigns were synchronous.