synchronous
111synchronous speed — noun : a definite speed for an alternating current machine that is dependent on the frequency of the supply circuit because the rotating member passes one pair of poles for each alternation of the alternating current * * * Elect. the speed at… …
112synchronous telegraph — noun : multiple synchronous telegraph …
113synchronous rotation — Astron. rotation of a satellite in which the period of rotation is equal to the period of orbit around its primary, leaving the same face always pointing toward the primary: The moon is in synchronous rotation about the earth. [1970 75] …
114synchronous — adjective Etymology: Late Latin synchronos, from Greek, from syn + chronos time Date: 1669 1. happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time 2. recurring or operating at exactly the same periods 3. involving or indicating synchronism… …
115synchronous — synchronously, adv. synchronousness, n. /sing kreuh neuhs/, adj. 1. occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous. 2. going on at the same rate and exactly together; recurring together. 3. Physics, Elect. having… …
116synchronous — adjective At the same time, at the same frequency. Syn: simultaneous, in phase, in synch, in step Ant: asynchronous See Also …
117synchronous — Occurring simultaneously. SYN: homochronous (1). [G. synchronos] * * * syn·chro·nous siŋ krə nəs, sin adj 1) happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time 2) recurring or operating at exactly the same periods 3) having the same… …
118synchronous — Synonyms and related words: accompanying, accordant, according, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, answerable, associate, associated, assonant, assonantal, at one, at one with, attuned, blended, blending, chiming, coacting, coactive, coadunate,… …
119synchronous — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. simultaneous, coincident, synchronized, in sync*; see contemporary 1 , simultaneous . See Synonym Study at contemporary . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. simultaneous, *in sync, concurrent, parallel. ANT.: separated,… …
120synchronous — syn|chro|nous [ sıŋkrənəs ] adjective VERY FORMAL happening at the same time or speed: SIMULTANEOUS …
