Synchronous



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj.同时发生的
• ［英］ adj.同时发生的 ( happening at precisely the same time)
• ［类］ 反义词: out-of-phase ( 不同步的) ; occurring at different times ( 不同时发生的) ; noncontemporaneous ( 不同时代的)

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Late Latin synchronos, from Greek, from syn- + chronos time
• Date: 1669
• 1. happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time
• 2. recurring or operating at exactly the same periods
• 3. involving or indicating synchronism
• 4.
  • a. having the same period; also having the same period and phase
  • b. geostationary
• 5. of, used in, or being digital communication (as between computers) in which a common timing signal is established that dictates when individual bits can be transmitted and which allows for very high rates of data transfer
• Synonyms: see contemporary
• ? synchronously adverb
• ? synchronousness noun

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