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