synchrony

synchrony
[ˈsɪŋkrəni]
noun
[mass noun]
  1. simultaneous action, development, or occurrence
    同时行动;同步发展;同时发生
    ■the state of operating or developing according to the same time scale as something else
    同时性
    some individuals do not remain in synchrony with the twenty-four-hour day.
    有些人不与一天二十四小时的生活节奏同步。
  2. synchronic treatment or study
    同步治疗(学习)
    the structuralist distinction between synchrony and diachrony.
    结构主义者对共时和历时的区分。
语源
  1. mid 19th cent.: from Greek sunkhronos (see synchronous)
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