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synchronism

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Synchronism  \Syn"chro*nism\,  n.  [Gr.  ?,  fr  ?  to  be  contemporary 
  with  from  ?  synchronous.  See  {Synchronous}.] 
  1.  The  concurrence  of  events  in  time;  simultaneousness. 
 
  2.  The  tabular  arrangement  of  historical  events  and 
  personages,  according  to  their  dates. 
 
  3.  (Paint.)  A  representation,  in  the  same  picture,  of  two  or 
  events  which  occured  at  different  times. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  synchronism 
  n  :  the  relation  that  exists  when  things  occur  at  the  same  time; 
  "the  drug  produces  an  increased  synchrony  of  the  brain 
  waves"  [syn:  {synchrony},  {synchronicity},  {synchroneity}, 
  {synchronization},  {synchronisation},  {synchronizing}] 
  [ant:  {asynchronism},  {asynchronism},  {asynchronism}]




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