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The relation that exists when things occur at the same time
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synchronism
Word definitions for synchronism in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Synchronism is deliberately achieved coincidence at a specified point of time.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the relation that exists when things occur at the same time; "the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves" [syn: synchrony , synchronicity , synchroneity , synchronization , synchronisation , synchronizing ] [ant: asynchronism , asynchronism ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Synchronism \Syn"chro*nism\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to be contemporary with, from ? synchronous. See Synchronous .] The concurrence of events in time; simultaneousness. The tabular arrangement of historical events and personages, according to their dates. (Paint.) ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The state of being synchronous 2 A temporal relationship between events
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s, "quality of being synchronous," from Modern Latin synchronismus , from Greek synkhronismos , from synkhronos (see synchronous ). Meaning "recurring at the same successive instants of time" is from 1854.
Usage examples of synchronism.
Material of unmistakably meteoric origin was found by means of the drills, mixed with crushed rock, to a depth of six hundred to seven hundred feet below the floor of the crater, and a great deal of it has been found admixed with the ejected rock fragments on the outer slopes of the mountain, absolutely proving synchronism between the two events, the formation of this great crater and the falling of the meteoric iron out of the sky.