English Explanatory Dictionary

synchronous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. At the same time, at the same frequency.
  2. Interacting with other elements in series; blocking; interacting with the same program or thread as other operations, thereby preventing those operations from resuming until the operation of interest is complete.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪŋkɹənəs/ en-us-synchronous.ogg

Word forms

synchronous more synchronous most synchronous

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin synchronus, from Ancient Greek σύγχρονος (súnkhronos, “contemporaneous”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “with, together”) + χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -ous = synchrony + -ous; however, all related words (e.g., synchronic, synchrony, synchronicity, diachronous, diachronic, diachrony, diachronicity) were coined later, either as back-formations from, or otherwise by analogy with the surface analysis of, synchronous.

Synonyms

simultaneous in phase in sync in step synchronised nonasynchronous metachronous blocking modal

Antonyms

asynchronous antisynchronous

Related words

diachronic diachronically diachronous diachronously synchicity synchronic synchronicity synchronise synchronist synchronize synchronously synchrony

Derived words

antisynchronous areosynchronous asynchronous autosynchronous bisynchronous desynchronous dyssynchronous dysynchronous geosynchronous heliosynchronous hemisynchronous hypersynchronous isosynchronous metasynchronous nonasynchronous nonsynchronous parasynchronous pseudosynchronous quasisynchronous semisynchronous subsynchronous sun-synchronous orbit supersynchronous synchroneity synchronous diaphragmatic flutter synchronously synchronous motor synchronousness synchronous orbit synchronous rotation synchronous speed unsynchronous
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