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1. (adj.) synchronic
of or pertaining to the study of a language as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic linguistics.
Etymology: (1825–35)
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1. (adj) synchronous, synchronal, synchronic
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"
2. (adj) synchronic
concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents
"synchronic linguistics"
3. (adj) synchronic
(of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time
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