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