synchronic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
    synchronal; synchronous.
    • recovery was synchronous with therapy"- Jour.A.M.A.
    • a synchronous set of clocks
    • the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight
    • synchronous oscillations
  2. adjective concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents
    • synchronic linguistics
  3. adjective satellite (of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time

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