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SYNCHRONIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents
Example:
synchronic linguistics
Classified under:
Also:
synchronal; synchronic; synchronous (occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase)
Domain category:
language; linguistic communication (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)
Antonym:
diachronic (used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
Example:
synchronous oscillations
Synonyms:
synchronal; synchronic; synchronous
Classified under:
Similar:
coetaneous; coeval; contemporaneous (of the same period)
coexistent; coexisting (existing at the same time)
co-occurrent; coincident; coincidental; coinciding; concurrent; 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)
synchronised; synchronized (operating in unison)
Also:
synchronic (concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents)
Derivation:
synchronicity; synchrony (the relation that exists when things occur at the same time)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
synchronal; synchronic; synchronous (occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase)
Derivation:
synchronicity (the relation that exists when things occur at the same time)
