synchronous

  • (a) 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
    synchronal, synchronic,
  • (a) (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

Synonyms

synchronal synchronic

Antonyms

asynchronous

See also

synchronic

Words of close approximity

synchronous converter synchronously synchronous motor synchronous operation