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Traditional English :: synchro-
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synchronous.html - comb. form synchronized, synchronous. |
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Traditional English :: synchrocyclotron
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synchronous.html - n. a cyclotron able to achieve higher energies by decreasing the frequency of the accelerating electric field as the particles increase in energy and mass. |
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Traditional English :: synchromesh
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synchronous.html - n. & adj. --n. a system of gear-changing, esp. in motor vehicles, in which the driving and driven gearwheels are made to revolve at the same speed during engagement by means of a set of friction clutches, thereby easing the change. --adj. relating to or using this system. [abbr. of synchronized mesh] |
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Traditional English :: synchronic
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synchronous.html - adj. describing a subject ( esp. a language) as it exists at one point in time (opp. DIACHRONIC). synchronically adv. [LL synchronus: see SYNCHRONOUS] |
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Traditional English :: synchronism
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synchronous.html - n. 1 = SYNCHRONY. 2 the process of synchronizing sound and picture in cinematography, television, etc. synchronistic adj. synchronistically adv. [Gk sugkhronismos (as SYNCHRONOUS)] |
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Traditional English :: synchronize
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synchronous.html - v. (also -ise) 1 intr. (often foll. by with) occur at the same time; be simultaneous. 2 tr. cause to occur at the same time. 3 tr. carry out the synchronism of (a film). 4 tr. ascertain or set forth the correspondence in the date of (events). 5 a tr. cause (clocks etc.) to show a standard or uniform time. b intr. (of clocks etc.) be synchronized. synchronized swimming a form of swimming in which participants make coordinated leg and arm movements in time to music. synchronization n. synchronizer n. |
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