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Asynchrony

Definition: Asynchrony

Asynchrony

Noun

1. The relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times; "the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Asynchrony

Synonyms: asynchronism (n), desynchronisation (n), desynchronization (n), desynchronizing (n). (additional references)
Antonym: synchronism (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Asynchrony

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Asynchrony is the state of not being synchronized. Contrast with synchronous or plesiochronous systems.

Examples:

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Asynchrony."

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Usage Frequency: Asynchrony

"Asynchrony" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Asynchrony" is used about 6 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%6143,867

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Asynchrony

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

asynchrony moteur

6

asynchrony machine

6

asynchrony atm de mode transfert

4

asynchrony

3

asynchrony motor

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Asynchrony

Language Translations for "asynchrony"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Greek 

  

ασυγχρονισμός. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

asynchronyay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Asynchrony

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-h-n-n-o-r-s-y-y"

-1 letter: synchrony.

-3 letters: anchors, archons, canonry, canyons, chanson, crayons, noncash, ranchos, synchro.

-4 letters: acorns, anchor, annoys, archon, canons, canyon, cranny, crayon, honans, nachos, nancys, narcos, racons, rancho, rayons, shanny, sharny, shoran.

-5 letters: acorn, ancon, annoy, arson, canny, canon, canso, carns, carny, chaos, chars, chary, chays, conns, corns, corny, crash, crony, cyano, cyans, hoars, hoary, honan.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-h-n-n-o-r-s-y-y"
 

+2 letters: cyanohydrins.

 

+4 letters: asynchronously, synchronically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage Frequency
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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