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synchronism

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synchronism
1. History a chronological usually tabular list of historical persons and events, arranged to show parallel or synchronous occurrence
2. Art the representation in a work of art of one or more incidents that occurred at separate times

synchronism [′siŋ·krə‚niz·əm]
(electricity)
Of a synchronous motor, the condition under which the motor runs at a speed which is directly related to the frequency of the power applied to the motor and is not dependent upon variables.
(physics)
Condition of two periodic quantities which have the same frequency, and whose phase difference is either constant or varies around a constant average value.


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SEL-311L standard features include programmable four-shot breaker autoreclose with synchronism and voltage check logic for optimal system restoration.
We expected the time lags of the peaks in the United States and France to be distributed around zero if the assumption of synchronism of the peaks held true, with a small variance indicating high synchrony.
In its curious synchronism, Riccoboni's narrative resembles paintings of this period in which the life of a saint is depicted at several distinct moments in time but displayed in one unified space, on a single canvas.
 
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