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desynchronization

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n.1.a process causing an absence of synchronization; the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times; as, the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves.
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Noun1.desynchronization - the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times; "the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves"
temporal relation - a relation involving time
synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony - the relation that exists when things occur at the same time; "the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves"


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Crossing time zones causes jet lag (known as transient desynchronization of the circadian rhythm to medical experts).
The IRSG says marginal changes in world rubber consumption during the past two years are due to desynchronization in regional growth rates.
Drug-induced desynchronization of densely connected visual, motor, and association areas in mammalian brains, in contrast, would disturb all sorts of functions.
 
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