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synchronic
[ sin-kron-ik, sing- ]
adjective
- having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history:
synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.
synchronic
/ ɪˈɒɪ /
adjective
- concerned with the events or phenomena at a particular period without considering historical antecedents Compare diachronic
synchronic linguistics
- synchronous
Derived Forms
- ˈDzԾ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·Dzi·· adverb
- ԴDzȴ·Dzi adjective
- ԴDzȴ·Dzi· adjective
- non·Dzi·· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of synchronic1
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Example Sentences
The higher the temperature of the surfaces, the larger the amplitude of the synchronic fluctuations; the larger the contact area, the larger the number of surface fluctuations hindering the relative motion.
It was going to be historical, rather than synchronic, which is what the others had been.
For his last runway collection, unveiled in September, Michele constructed a parallel universe of side-by-side shows separated by a wall that when lifted revealed twins in identical looks in synchronic stride.
“Computer imaging tends to flatten our magnificent, multi-sensory, simultaneous and synchronic capacities of imagination by turning the design process into a passive visual manipulation, a retinal journal,” Mr. Pallasmaa argued.
A couple bounced synchronically on a pad marked with arrows to the electronic music of a Dance Dance Revolution.
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