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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase;
- Example: "recovery was synchronous with therapy"- Jour.A.M.A.
- Example: "a synchronous set of clocks"
- Example: "the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight"
- Example: "synchronous oscillations"
[syn: synchronous, synchronal, synchronic]

2. concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents;
- Example: "synchronic linguistics"

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


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, synchronic] [ant: asynchronous] 2: concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents; "synchronic linguistics" [ant: diachronic, historical] 3: (of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time