synchrony
pronunciation
How to pronounce synchrony in British English:
UK ['sɪŋkrənɪ]
How to pronounce synchrony in American English:
US ['sɪŋkrənɪ]
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- Noun:
- the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
Word Origin
- synchrony (n.)
- "occurrence or existence at the same time," 1848, from Greek synkhronos (see synchronous) + -y (2).
Example
- 1. Their synchrony reduces the number of possible states the brain can be in , lowering its phi .
- 2. Somehow , the brain 's decision making was accelerated by the external auditory rhythm and heightened at precise points in synchrony with the beat .
- 3. Normally the sinoatrial node generates regular electrical pulses that spread across the chambers of the heart , causing the cells to contract in synchrony .
- 4. Brain scans show synchrony between the brains of mother and child ; but what they can 't show is the internal bond that belongs to neither alone a fusion in which the self feels so permeable it doesn 't matter whose body is whose .
- 5. When one fruit starts to ripen , it releases this hormone which is called ethylene , which is sensed by neighboring fruits , until entire trees and groves ripen more or less in synchrony .