[syn: synchronization, synchronisation, synchronizing]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Synchronize \Syn"chro*nize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Synchronized;
p. pr. & vb. n. Synchronizing.] [Gr. ?.]
To agree in time; to be simultaneous.
[1913 Webster]
The path of this great empire, through its arch of
progress, synchronized with that of Christianity. --De
Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
synchronizing
n 1: the relation that exists when things occur at the same
time; "the drug produces an increased synchrony of the
brain waves" [syn: synchronism, synchrony,
synchronicity, synchroneity, synchronization,
synchronisation, synchronizing] [ant: asynchronism,
asynchrony, desynchronisation, desynchronization,
desynchronizing]
2: an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in
unison [syn: synchronization, synchronisation,
synchronizing, synchronising]
3: coordinating by causing to indicate the same time; "the
synchronization of their watches was an important
preliminary" [syn: synchronization, synchronisation,
synchronizing]