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The definition of synchronous is something that happens at the same time or has consistent timing between each occurrence.

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An example of something synchronous is swimmers that all start at the same sound.
An example of something synchronous is the timing of the action for parts of your car's engine.

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See synchronous in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

happening at the same time; occurring together; simultaneous
having the same period between movements, occurrences, etc.; having the same rate and phase, as vibrations
Elec. designating or of a machine, specif. an alternating-current motor, generator, or converter, whose normal operating speed is exactly proportional to the frequency of the current in the circuit to which it is connected

Origin: LL synchronus < Gr synchronos: see synchronize

Related Forms:

synchronously adverb
synchronousness noun

See synchronous in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Occurring or existing at the same time. See Synonyms at contemporary.
Moving or operating at the same rate.
a. Having identical periods.
b. Having identical period and phase.

Origin:

Origin: From Late Latin synchronus

Origin: , from Greek sunkhronos

Origin: : sun-, syn-

Origin: + khronos, time

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Related Forms:

synˈchro·nous·ly adverb

synˈchro·nous·ness noun

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