What is the meaning of synchronic?

adjective

  • Occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase.
    • usage: "recovery was synchronous with therapy- Jour. A. M. A.; "a synchronous set of clocks"; "the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight"; "synchronous oscillations"
  • Concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents.
    • usage: "synchronic linguistics"
  • Of taxa. ( occurring in the same period of geological time).
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