synchronal
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syn·chro·nal
(sĭng′krə-nəl, sĭn′-)adj.
Synchronous.
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syn•chro•nous
(ˈsɪŋ krə nəs)adj.
1. occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.
2. going on at the same rate and exactly together; recurring together.
3. (of two or more electrical devices) having the same frequency or period; in phase.
[1660–70; < Late Latin synchronus < Greek sýnchronos=syn- syn- + -chronos, adj. derivative of chrónos time; see -ous]
syn′chro•nous•ly, adv.
syn′chro•nous•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | synchronal - occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase; "recovery was synchronous with therapy"- Jour.A.M.A.; "a synchronous set of clocks"; "the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight"; "synchronous oscillations" synchronic - concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents; "synchronic linguistics" |
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