synchronous

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύγχρονος (súnkhronos, “contemporaneous”), from σῠν- (sun-, “with, together”) + χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋkɹənəs/

Adjective

synchronous (comparative more synchronous, superlative most synchronous)

1. At the same time, at the same frequency.

   Synonyms: simultaneous, in phase, in synch, in step

   Antonyms: asynchronous, antisynchronous

2. (computing, of communication) Single-threaded; blocking; occurring in the same thread as other computations, thereby preventing those computations from resuming until the communication is complete.

   Synonyms: blocking, modal, single-threaded

   Antonym: asynchronous

Hyponyms

• sun-synchronous

Related terms

• synchicity
• synchronic
• synchronise
• synchronize
• synchronously
• synchrony

 

Derived terms

• antisynchronous
• asynchronous
• autosynchronous
• bisynchronous
• desynchronous
• dyssynchronous
• dysynchronous
• geosynchronous
• heliosynchronous
• hemisynchronous
• hypersynchronous
• isosynchronous
• metasynchronous
• nonasynchronous
• nonsynchronous
• parasynchronous
• pseudosynchronous
• semisynchronous
• subsynchronous
• supersynchronous
• synchronously
• synchronous motor
• synchronousness
• synchronous orbit
• synchronous speed

 

Translations

at the same time

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同時／同时 (zh) (tóngshí), 同时 (zh) (tóngshí), 同步 (zh) (tóngbù)

• Czech: synchronní
• Danish: synkron
• Dutch: synchroon (nl)
• Finnish: synkroninen, samanaikainen (fi)
• French: synchrone (fr)
• German: synchron (de)
• Greek: σύγχρονος (el) (sýnchronos)
• Icelandic: samstilltur m
• Italian: sincrono (it)
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• Maori: tukutahi, tautokorua
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: synkron

  Nynorsk: synkron

• Persian: همگام (fa) (hamgâm)
• Portuguese: síncrono (pt)
• Romanian: sincron (ro) m, în același timp
• Russian: синхро́нный (ru) (sinxrónnyj)
• Spanish: síncrono (es)
• Swedish: synkron (sv)