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synchronous

[sing-kruh-nuhs] / ˈsɪŋ krə nəs /


ADJECTIVE
occurring or existing at same time
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"In addition, neural network synchronous decoding reduced the need for complex measurements and step-by-step reconstruction, supporting more efficient readout and decoding. This could enable a practical route toward high-capacity, high-throughput holographic data storage."

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

Zoom meetings are a great commute killer, but are we going back to a synchronous lifestyle?

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

Thanks to electroencephalography, researchers can even link slow-wave sleep to a process of synchronous changes in electrical voltages in thousands of neurons, known as up and down states.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024

The spread of telegraph lines during the mid-19th century presented a new possibility: Two people could have a synchronous conversation from hundreds or even thousands of miles apart.

From Slate • May 27, 2024

The basic approach utilizes discovery in terms of music learning, and also is synchronous with many of the 21st-century learning approaches discussed in Chapter 1.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin