synchronizing
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Definition
Noun 1. The act of causing things to operate or indicate the same time: The process of coordinating events or mechanisms so they happen at precisely the same moment or rate. 2. An adjustment to achieve simultaneous occurrence or unison: A specific change made to align the timing of two or more processes. 3. The state of occurring at the same time: The relation or condition that exists when events or actions happen simultaneously.
Examples of Usage
- As an act or process:
- The synchronizing of the traffic lights improved the flow of cars through the city.
- Synchronizing our watches is essential before the mission begins.
- As a state or relation:
- The perfect synchronizing of the dancers' movements was breathtaking.
- There was a noticeable lack of synchronizing between the audio and the video.
Advanced Usage
- Technical Context: In computing and technology, "synchronizing" often refers to the process of ensuring data is identical across multiple devices or systems.
- The software is responsible for the synchronizing of files between your laptop and the cloud server.
- Biological/Scientific Context: It can describe the alignment of rhythmic cycles, such as brain waves or circadian rhythms.
- The study measured the synchronizing of neural activity across different regions of the brain.
Variants and Related Words
- Synchronize (verb): To cause to occur or operate at the same time or rate.
- We need to synchronize our schedules.
- Synchronization (noun): The process or result of synchronizing. (Often used interchangeably with "synchronizing," though "synchronization" is more common for the end state or the general concept.)
- Synchronous (adjective): Happening or existing at the same time.
- The students attended a synchronous online lecture.
- Synchronicity (noun): The simultaneous occurrence of events that appear meaningfully related.
- Sync (noun/verb, informal): A common abbreviation for synchronize/synchronization.
- My phone is in sync with my computer.
Synonyms
- Coordination
- Alignment
- Simultaneity
- Concurrence
- Harmonization
Antonyms
- Desynchronizing
- Discrepancy
- Lag
- Asynchrony
Noun
- coordinating by causing to indicate the same time
- the synchronization of their watches was an important preliminary
- an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison
- the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
- the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves