n. 1. 1 the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times.
Syn. -- asynchrony, desynchronization, desynchronisation, desynchronizing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; not + synchronous. ] Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; -- opposed to synchronous.
Syn. -- nonsynchronous, unsynchronized, unsynchronous. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Paleontology) occurring in different geologic times; -- of taxa/ synchronous
Syn. -- allochronic [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

3. chronologically misplaced; belonging to a different time or era
Syn. -- anachronic, anachronous, anachronistic [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

4. (Computers) occurring at different speeds in different computers connected by a data transmission link; -- said of methods data of transmission between computers. Opposite of synchronous. [ PJC ]

n. 1. the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times.
Syn. -- asynchronism, desynchronization, desynchronisation, desynchronizing [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. to cause a process to occur at times or in cycles independent of another process. [ PJC ]

n. a process causing an absence of synchronization; the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times; as, the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves.
Syn. -- asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronization, desynchronisation. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + E. synclinal. ] (Geol.) the downward bend or subsidence of the earth's crust, which allows of the gradual accumulation of sediment, and hence forms the first step in the making of a mountain range; -- opposed to geanticlinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Idiosyncrasies [ Gr. &unr_;; 'i`dios proper, peculiar + &unr_; a mixing together, fr. &unr_; to mix together; &unr_; with + &unr_; to mix: cf. F. idiosyncrasie. See Idiom, and Crasis. ] A peculiarity of physical or mental constitution or temperament; a characteristic belonging to, and distinguishing, an individual; characteristic susceptibility; idiocrasy; eccentricity. [ 1913 Webster ]

The individual mind . . . takes its tone from the idiosyncrasies of the body. I. Taylor.

{ } a. Of peculiar temper or disposition; belonging to one's peculiar and individual character. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. syncarpium. See Syncarpous. ] (Bot.) A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia; also, a similar multiple fruit, as a mulberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Syncarpia [ NL. ] (Bot.) Same as Syncarp. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. syn- + Gr. &unr_; a fruit. ] (Bot.) Composed of several carpels consolidated into one ovary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; sy`n with + &unr_; a predicate. See Syn-, and Categorematic. ] (Logic) Not capable of being used as a term by itself; -- said of words, as an adverb or preposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Synchondroses [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; sy`n with + &unr_; cartilage. ] (Anat.) An immovable articulation in which the union is formed by cartilage. -- Syn`chon*dro"si*al, a. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; union by cartilage + &unr_; to cut. ] (Surg.) Symphyseotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; sy`n with + &unr_; a going. ] (Rhet.) A concession made for the purpose of retorting with greater force. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Synchronous. ] Happening at, or belonging to, the same time; synchronous; simultaneous. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A synchronal thing or event. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. synchronique. ] Happening at the same time; synchronous. Boyle. -- Syn*chron"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to be contemporary with, from &unr_; synchronous. See Synchronous. ] 1. The concurrence of events in time; simultaneousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The tabular arrangement of historical events and personages, according to their dates. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Paint.) A representation, in the same picture, of two or events which occured at different times. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to synchronism; arranged according to correspondence in time; as, synchronistic tables. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of synchronizing; concurrence of events in respect to time. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Synchronized p. pr. & vb. n. Synchronizing ] [ Gr. &unr_;. ] To agree in time; to be simultaneous. [ 1913 Webster ]

The path of this great empire, through its arch of progress, synchronized with that of Christianity. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To assign to the same date or period of time; as, to synchronize two events of Greek and Roman history. “Josephus synchronizes Nisan with the Egyptian Pharmus.” W. L. Bevan. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to agree in time; as, to synchronize the movements of different machines; to synchronize clocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. syn- + Gr. &unr_; time + -logy. ] Contemporaneous chronology. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; sy`n with + &unr_; time. Cf. Chronicle. ] Happening at the same time; simultaneous. -- Syn"chro*nous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. The concurrence of events in time; synchronism. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Geological contemporaneity is the same as chronological synchrony. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to confound; sy`n with + &unr_; to pour. ] A derangement or confusion of any kind, as of words in a sentence, or of humors in the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sparkling synchysis (Med.), a condition in which the vitreous humor is softened and contains sparkling scales of cholesterin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. syn- + Gr. kla^n to break. ] (Math. Physics) Curved toward the same side in all directions; -- said of surfaces which in all directions around any point bend away from a tangent plane toward the same side, as the surface of a sphere; -- opposed to anticlastic. Sir W. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; to incline together; sy`n with + &unr_; to incline. ] 1. Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane; as, a synclinal trough or valley; a synclinal fold; -- opposed to anticlinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A downward flexure in the case of folded rocks makes a synclinal axis, and the alternating upward flexure an anticlinal axis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geol.) A synclinal fold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geol.) A synclinal fold. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Synclinal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Synclinoria [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; to lay together + &unr_; mountain. ] (Geol.) A mountain range owing its origin to the progress of a geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement and upturning. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to syncope; resembling syncope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Syncopated p. pr. & vb. n. Syncopating. ] [ LL. syncopatus, p. p. of syncopare to syncopate, to swoon. See Syncope. ] 1. (Gram.) To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; as, “Gloster” is a syncopated form of “Gloucester.” [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) To commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a measure, and continue it into the following accented part, so that the accent is driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm drags. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Gram.) The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. syncope, syncopa, Gr. &unr_; a cutting up, a syncope; akin to &unr_; to beat together, to cut up, cut short, weavy; sy`n with + &unr_; to strike, cut. ] 1. (Gram.) An elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or syllables from the middle of a word; as, ne'er for never, ev'ry for every. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) Same as Syncopation. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) A fainting, or swooning. See Fainting. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A pause or cessation; suspension. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Revely, and dance, and show,
Suffer a syncope and solemn pause. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who syncopates. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To syncopate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. syn- + cotyledonous. ] (Bot.) Having united cotyledonous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Uniting and blending together different systems, as of philosophy, morals, or religion. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to make two parties join against a third: cf. F. syncrétisme. ] 1. Attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably at variance with each other. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is plotting a carnal syncretism, and attempting the reconcilement of Christ and Belial. Baxter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syncretism is opposed to eclecticism in philosophy. Krauth-Fleming. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Philol.) The union or fusion into one of two or more originally different inflectional forms, as of two cases. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. F. syncrétiste. ] One who attempts to unite principles or parties which are irreconcilably at variance; specifically (Eccl. Hist.), an adherent of George Calixtus and other Germans of the seventeenth century, who sought to unite or reconcile the Protestant sects with each other and with the Roman Catholics, and thus occasioned a long and violent controversy in the Lutheran church. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pertaining to, or characterized by, syncretism; as, a syncretistic mixture of the service of Jehovah and the worship of idols. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to Syncretists. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a comparison; &unr_; together + &unr_; to judge. ] (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Syncitia [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; together + &unr_; a hollow vessel. ] 1. (Biol.) Tissue in which the cell or partition walls are wholly wanting and the cell bodies fused together, so that the tissue consists of a continuous mass of protoplasm in which nuclei are imbedded, as in ordinary striped muscle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The ectoderm of a sponge. [ 1913 Webster ]