ADJECTIVE | all | synchronic, synchronous, synchronal | occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase |
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all | synchronic | concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents | |
all | synchronic | (of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time |
Sounds | sihngkraa'nihk | |
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Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... |
Meaning | Occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase. | |
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Synonyms | synchronous, synchronal | |
Narrower | coetaneous, coeval, contemporaneous | Of the same period |
coexistent, coexisting | Existing at the same time | |
coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, co-occurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous | Occurring or operating at the same time | |
contemporaneous, contemporary | Occurring in the same period of time | |
parallel | Of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations | |
synchronic | (of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time | |
synchronized, synchronised | operating in unison | |
See also | synchronic | concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents |
Opposite | asynchronous | not synchronous |
Spanish | sincrónico, síncrono | |
Catalan | síncron | |
Nouns | synchrony, synchronicity | the relation that exists when things occur at the same time |
Meaning | concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents. | |
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Example | "synchronic linguistics" | |
Category | language, linguistic communication | A systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols |
See also | synchronous, synchronal, synchronic | Occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase |
Opposite | diachronic, historical | Used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time |
Spanish | descriptivo, sincrónico |
Meaning | (of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time. | |
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Broader | synchronous, synchronal, synchronic | Occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase |
Spanish | sincrónico | |
Nouns | synchronicity | the relation that exists when things occur at the same time |
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