Noun: synchronisation ,sing-kru-nI'zey-shun
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: synchronization)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: synchronization)
- An adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison
"The synchronisation of traffic lights improved the flow of vehicles through the city";
- synchronization
- Coordinating by causing to indicate the same time
"the synchronisation of their watches was an important preliminary";
- synchronization
- The relation that exists when things occur at the same time
"the drug produces an increased synchronisation of the brain waves";
- synchronism, synchrony, synchronicity, synchroneity, synchronization, sync, synch
Derived forms: synchronisations
Type of: adjustment, coordination, readjustment, registration, temporal relation
Antonym: desynchronizing
Encyclopedia: Synchronisation