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synchronous
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synchronous

Refers to events that are synchronized, or coordinated, in time. For example, the interval between transmitting A and B is the same as between B and C, and completing the current operation before the next one is started are considered synchronous operations. Contrast with asynchronous.

synchronous
Physics (of periodic phenomena, such as voltages) having the same frequency and phase
synchronous [′siŋ·krə·nəs]
(engineering)
In step or in phase, as applied to two or more circuits, devices, or machines.
(geology)
Geological rock units or features formed at the same time.
(operating system, communications)synchronous - 1. Two or more processes that depend upon the occurrences of specific events such as common timing signals.

2. Occurring at the same time or at the same rate or with a regular or predictable time relationship or sequence.

Opposite: asynchronous.


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And yet, coersubmission and terror converge so symmetrically in the synchronic and diachronic time of her narration that as Hemings tells her story, not only does her anguish recede, but her interpellation is literally punctuated by the transposition of her master's desires and power as somehow her own.
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