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synchronically

synchronically adverb: in a synchronic way; at the same time.

Adverb

synchronically (not comparable)

  1. 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

  1. synchronal
  2. synchroneities
  3. synchroneity
  4. synchronic
  5. synchronical
  6. synchronically
  7. synchronicities
  8. synchronicitous
  9. synchronicity
  10. synchronies
  11. synchronisability

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