synchronic
/sɪnˈkrɑnɪk/
adjective
- Relating to or dealing with a language, culture, or system as it exists at a single point in time, without considering its historical development.
- A synchronic analysis of the city's architecture shows the styles popular in the 1990s.
- The textbook takes a synchronic approach, describing the language as it is spoken today.
- The linguist conducted a synchronic study of modern English grammar.
- Happening or existing at the same time; simultaneous.
- The two events were synchronic, occurring at exactly the same moment.
- The synchronic arrival of the trains caused confusion at the station.
- In the film, the synchronic movements of the dancers created a beautiful pattern.
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