"synchronous" | Definition and Related Words

Adjective

Occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase (synset 302386219)
"recovery was synchronous with therapy"; "a synchronous set of clocks"; "the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight"; "synchronous oscillations"

also: synchronic - concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents
similar to:
- coetaneous, coeval, contemporaneous - of the same period
- coexistent, coexisting - existing at the same time
- co-occurrent, coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous - occurring or operating at the same time
- contemporaneous, contemporary - occurring in the same period of time
- parallel - of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
- synchronic - (of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time
- synchronised, synchronized - operating in unison
same as: synchronal, synchronic
(digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that requires a common clock signal (a timing reference) between the communicating devices in order to coordinate their transmissions (synset 302389133)