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Definition: Synchrony |
SynchronyNoun1. The relation that exists when things occur at the same time; "the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "synchrony" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Note: Synchrony \Syn"chro*ny\, noun. The concurrence of events in time; synchronism.. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The normal physiologic sequencing of atrial and ventricular activation and contraction. (references) |
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Synonyms: SynchronySynonyms: synchroneity (n), synchronicity (n), synchronisation (n), synchronism (n), synchronization (n), synchronizing (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: asynchronism (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Synchrony |
| English words defined with "synchrony": sound camera, synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchronizing, synchronously. (references) |
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| "Synchrony" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Synchrony" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 22 | 74,468 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "synchrony": AV synchrony. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
synchrony | 15 |
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| Language | Translations for "synchrony"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | синхронност (synchronism), синхронния. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sincronia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sincroanaght (synchronism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ynchronysay sincronie. (various references) การเกิ"ขึ้นในเวลาเ"ียวกัน. (various references) eşzamanlı olma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "synchrony": asynchrony. (additional references) | |
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"Synchrony" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: synchron, synchroni, syncrony. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "synchrony" (pronounced 'Syn"chro*ny'): Acrimony, Acrophony, AEgophony, Agony, Agrimony, Agrotechny, Alimony, Alleghany, Amphictyony, Amphigony, Ancony, Anemony, Angelophany, Antagony, Anthropogeny, Antimony, Antiphony, Archegony, Astrogeny, Astrogony, Atony, Autochthony, Autophony, Averpenny, Balcony, Barony, Baryphony, Betony, Binny, Blenny, Branny, Brimstony, Briony, Bronchophony, Bryony, Cacophony, Cacotechny, Calumny, Cassidony, Castellany, Catchpenny, Ceremony, Chalcedony, Chapellany, Chatellany, Christophany, Colophany, Colophony, Conny, Coparceny. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-h-n-n-o-r-s-y-y" | |
-2 letters: synchro. | |
-4 letters: conns, corns, corny, crony, horns, horny, horsy, hyson, ochry, scorn, shorn, sonny, synch. | |
-5 letters: chon, conn, cons, cony, corn, cors, cory, cosh, cosy, coys, hons, horn, hoys, nosh, nosy, orcs, rhos, rocs, rosy, scry, sorn, sync. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-h-n-n-o-r-s-y-y" | |
+1 letter: asynchrony. | |
+3 letters: cyanohydrins, synchroneity. | |
+4 letters: synchronicity, synchronously. | |
+5 letters: asynchronously, synchronically. | |
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