Synchronic

Synchronic

A kind of description which takes a fixed instant(usually, but not necessarily the present) as its point of observation. Most grammar is of this kind.

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synchronous

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Occurring at the same time.

synchronization

Convention; Conferences

Sound and picture recorded or played back at the same time.

synchronic

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Referring to phenomena considered at a single point in time; i.e. An approach which is not primarily concerned with change (cf. Diachronic).

synchronism

Education; SAT vocabulary

Simultaneousness.

synchronization

Military; Missile defense

For data streams, the process whereby a received set of data is placed in one to one correspondence with the data assumed to have been transmitted.

synchronism

Telecommunications; General telecom

The state of being synchronous. 2. For repetitive events with the same, multiple, or submultiple repetition rates, a relationship among the events such that a significant instant ...

early modern English

Language; Linguistics

refers to the stage of the English language used from about the end of the Middle English period (the latter half of the 1400s) to 1650. Thus, the first edition of the King James ...

old English

Language; Linguistics

Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon and English) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the ...

middle English

Language; Linguistics

Middle English is the name given by historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman invasion of 1066 and the mid-to-late 15th ...

anglophone

Language; Linguistics

The adjective anglophone means English-speaking, usually as a primary language, and can refer to people, groups or places.

francophone

Language; Linguistics

The adjective francophone means French-speaking, usually as a primary language and can refer to people, groups or places.

Sinosphere

Language; Linguistics

The linguistic term Sinosphere refers to a grouping of countries and regions that are currently inhabited with a majority of Chinese population of were historically under Chinese ...

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