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plesiochronous

plesiochronous adjective: almost, but not quite, synchronous.

Adjective

plesiochronous (not comparable)

  1. Almost, but not quite, synchronous.
    • The DS-3 standard uses bit stuffing to allow the clocks of its tributaries to be plesiochronous.

Origin of plesiochronous

From plesio- + chrono- + -ous from Ancient Greek πλησίον (plēsíon, “near”) + χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).

Questions about plesiochronous

What does plesiochronous mean?
Plesiochronous means almost, but not quite, synchronous.
What part of speech is plesiochronous?
Plesiochronous is an adjective.

Words near plesiochronous in the dictionary

  1. plesiobioses
  2. plesiobiosis
  3. plesiobiotic
  4. plesiochelyid
  5. plesiochelyids
  6. plesiochronous
  7. plesiohedra
  8. plesiohedron
  9. plesiometacarpal
  10. plesiomorph
  11. plesiomorphic

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