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synchronic

/sɪnˈkɹɒnɪk/ adjective

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about synchronic at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase.
    recovery was synchronous with therapy
  2. Concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents.
    synchronic linguistics
  3. (of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time.

Origin

By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -ic; historically, see synchronous § Etymology.

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