synchronous system

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syn•chro•nous adj.

syn•chro•nous adj.

occurring at the same time;
coinciding in time;
contemporaneous;
simultaneous.
going on at the same rate and exactly together;
recurring together.
Electricity, Physics[Physics, Elect.]having the same frequency and zero phase difference.
Computing, Telecommunicationsof, pertaining to, or operating using fixed-time intervals controlled by a clock (opposed to asynchronous).
Aerospacegeostationary.

Greek sýnchronos, equivalent. to syn- syn- + chrón(os) time + -os adjective, adjectival suffix; see -ous
Late Latin synchronus
1660–70

syn′chro•nous•ly, adv.
syn′chro•nous•ness, n.

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synchronous /ˈsɪŋkrənəs/ adj

Etymology: 17th Century: from Late Latin synchronus, from Greek sunkhronos, from syn- + khronos timeˈsynchronously adv ˈsynchronousness n

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