SYNCHRONOUS


Meaning of SYNCHRONOUS in English

— synchronously , adv. — synchronousness , n.

/sing"kreuh neuhs/ , 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. Physics , Elect. having the same frequency and zero phase difference.

4. Computers , Telecommunications. of, pertaining to, or operating using fixed-time intervals controlled by a clock (opposed to asynchronous ).

5. Aerospace. geostationary.

[ 1660-70; synchronus sýnchronos, equiv. to syn- SYN- + chrón ( os ) time + -os adj. suffix; see -OUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .