synchronically
synchronically adverb: in a synchronic way; at the same time.
Adverb
synchronically (not comparable)
- In a synchronic way; at the same time.
- A story, a science fiction film, or, in fact, a scientific theory, can thus be positioned at a higher and later turning of the spiral, diachronically, but synchronically it can be a performance of a pattern or theme.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 188
- In particular, risks can pile up not only synchronically, as in multi premise deductions, but also diachronically, when a subject extends her knowledge by competent deduction from just one premise.2007 September 29, Maria Lasonen-Aarnio, “Single premise deduction and risk”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 2, →DOI
Origin of synchronically
From synchronic + -ally.
Questions about synchronically
- What does synchronically mean?
- Synchronically means in a synchronic way; at the same time.
- What part of speech is synchronically?
- Synchronically is an adverb.
Words near synchronically in the dictionary
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