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− | '''Synchronous''' can refer to the following meanings: | + | *1. a. Existing or happening at the same [[time]]; coincident in time; belonging to the same period, or occurring at the same [[moment]], of time; contemporary; simultaneous. |
| + | :b. transf. Relating to or treating of different events or things belonging to the same time or period; involving or indicating contemporaneous or simultaneous occurrence. |
| + | :c. synchronous curve (Geom.), a curve which is the [[locus]] of the points reached at any instant by a number of particles descending from the same point down a family of curves under the action of [[gravity]]. |
| + | *2. a. Recurring at the same successive instants of time; keeping time with; going on at the same rate and exactly together; having coincident periods, as two sets of vibrations or the like. Cf. sense 2d below. |
| + | :b. Electr. Applied to alternating currents having coincident periods; also to a [[machine]] or motor working in time with the alternations of current. ¶erron. Of [[uniform]] [[velocity]]. |
| + | :c. Computers and Telecommunications. Of apparatus or [[method]]s of [[work]]ing: making use of equally spaced pulses that govern the timing of operations. |
| + | :d. Of a satellite: rotating round the parent [[planet]] at the same rate as the planet rotates. Of an orbit: such that a satellite in it is '''synchronous'''. |
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− | *[[synchronization]], the coordination of events to operate a system in unison.
| + | Compare: [[Harmonious]] |
− | *[[Synchronization (computer science)]]
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− | **[[Data synchronization]]
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− | * [[Synchronization (alternating current)]]
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− | *[[synchronicity]], a term from Jungian psychology.
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− | *''[[Synchronicity (album)]],'' an album by The Police.
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− | *"[[Synchronicity II]]", a song by The Police from the above album.
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− | *''[[Synchronicity (Olivia)]],'' an album by OLIVIA (Olivia Lufkin).
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− | *[[Synchronicity Software]] an [[EDA]] application and company that was later acquired by [[MatrixOne]]
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