Main entry: synchronic
Definition: concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents
Usage: synchronic linguistics
Antonyms: diachronic, historical
Definition: used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time
Main entry: synchronal, synchronic, synchronous
Definition: occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
Usage: 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
Antonyms: asynchronous
Definition: not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
Antonyms: perpendicular
Definition: intersecting at or forming right angles
Antonyms: oblique
Definition: slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled
Antonyms: diachronic, historical
Definition: used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time
Main entry: synchronic
Definition: (of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time
Antonyms: diachronic, historical
Definition: used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time
Antonyms: asynchronous
Definition: not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
Antonyms: asynchronous
Definition: (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself