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Synchronous

adjective
1.
Occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase.  Synonyms: synchronal, synchronic.  "A synchronous set of clocks" , "The synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight" , "Synchronous oscillations"
2.
(digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that requires a common clock signal (a timing reference) between the communicating devices in order to coordinate their transmissions.



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"Synchronous" Quotes from Famous Books



... to demonstrate that the variations of the wind gusts and the movements of the bird were absolutely synchronous, and it was conjectured that the peculiar shape of the soaring wing of certain birds, as differentiated from the flapping wing, might, when experimented upon, hereafter ...
— Flying Machines - Construction and Operation • W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
... of comparative philology much has been accomplished. Sanskrit has been exhumed. Aryan and Semitic roots are traced back to an almost synchronous antiquity. The decipherment of the Egyptian inscriptions seems to bring us into communication with a still more remote form of language. More recent periods derive new light from the Etruscan tombs and the Assyrian bricks. Linguists deem themselves in sight of something better than the "bow-wow" ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 17, - No. 97, January, 1876 • Various


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