单词 | synchronous |
释义 | synchronous (once / 23130 pages) adj If you are a werewolf, your animal transformation is synchronous with the lunar cycle. When something is synchronous, it occurs in time or at the same time with something else. In synchronous, you see syn- meaning "together," and -chron- meaning "time." If things such as swimming moves are synchronous, they are said to be in sync. Jewel thieves and undercover operatives synchronize their watches so that the team ensures synchronous actions. If the police question you about a crime and your alibi is that you were out dancing, it means that the occurrences of the crime and your dance were synchronous, so you could not be the perpetrator. WORD FAMILYsynchronous: nonsynchronous, synchronously, unsynchronous+/desynchronize: desynchronization, desynchronizes, desynchronizing/synchronic: synchronically, synchronicity/synchronicity: synchronicities/synchronisation: desynchronisation/synchronise: desynchronise, synchronisation, synchronised, synchroniser, synchronises, synchronising/synchronised: unsynchronised/synchronism: synchronisms/synchronization: synchronizations/synchronize: desynchronize, synchronization, synchronized, synchronizer, synchronizes, synchronizing/synchronized: unsynchronized/synchronizer: synchronizers/synchrony: synchronic, synchronise, synchronism, synchronize, synchronous USAGE EXAMPLESCreating what it calls a “synchronous social network,” Houseparty basically lets people video chat with each other, up to eight people at a time. Time(Oct 31, 2016) Every year here, for a few weeks in late spring, there’s a twinkling light show, courtesy of synchronous fireflies. Washington Post(Aug 15, 2016) Still, there's room for synchronous learning in some courses, depending on the content, says Bannon. US News(Aug 04, 2016) 1adj 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|Ant synchronal, synchronic synchronic concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents coetaneous, coeval, contemporaneousof the same period coexistent, coexistingexisting at the same time co-occurrent, coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, cooccurring, simultaneousoccurring or operating at the same time contemporaneous, contemporaryoccurring in the same period of time parallelof or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations synchronic(of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time synchronised, synchronizedoperating in unison asynchronous not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase allochronic(of taxa) occurring in different geologic times anachronic, anachronistic, anachronouschronologically misplaced nonsynchronous, unsynchronised, unsynchronized, unsynchronousnot occurring together in series, nonparallel, serialof or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations 2adj (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 (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself |
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