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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Synchronous \Syn"chro*nous\, a. [Gr. ?; sy`n with + ? time. Cf.
Chronicle.]
Happening at the same time; simultaneous. --
Syn"chro*nous*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
synchronous
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: (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission
technique that requires a common clock signal (a timing
reference) between the communicating devices in order to
coordinate their transmissions [ant: asynchronous]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
112 Moby Thesaurus words for "synchronous":
accompanying, accordant, according, affirmative, agreeable,
agreeing, answerable, associate, associated, assonant, assonantal,
at one, at one with, attuned, blended, blending, chiming, coacting,
coactive, coadunate, coetaneous, coeval, coexistent, coexisting,
coherent, coincident, coinciding, collaborative, collective,
collusive, combined, combining, commensurate, compatible,
concerted, concomitant, concordant, concurrent, concurring,
conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, conjoint,
consentaneous, consentient, consilient, consistent, consonant,
conspiratorial, contemporaneous, cooperant, cooperating,
cooperative, coordinate, correspondent, corresponding, coworking,
en rapport, equivalent, harmonic, harmonious, harmonizing,
homophonic, in accord, in agreement, in chorus, in concert,
in concord, in phase, in rapport, in step, in sync,
in synchronization, in tempo, in time, in tune, in unison,
inaccordance, inharmony, joint, like-minded, meeting, monodic,
monophonic, of a piece, of like mind, of one mind, on all fours,
on the beat, parasitic, positive, proportionate, reconcilable,
saprophytic, self-consistent, simultaneous, symbiotic, symphonious,
synchronal, synchronic, synchronized, synergetic, synergic,
synergistic, tuned, unanimous, uniform, unisonant, unisonous,
united, uniting
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) :
synchronous
1. Two or more processes
that depend upon the occurrences of specific events such as
common timing signals.
2. Occurring at the same time or at the same rate or with a
regular or predictable time relationship or sequence.
Opposite: asynchronous.
(1996-04-11)
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