Associations to the word «Synchronic»

Wiktionary

SYNCHRONIC, adjective. Occurring at a specific point in time.
SYNCHRONIC, adjective. (linguistics) relating to the study of a language at only one point in its history.

Dictionary definition

SYNCHRONIC, adjective. 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".
SYNCHRONIC, adjective. Concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents; "synchronic linguistics".
SYNCHRONIC, adjective. (of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley