synchronism

syn·chro·nism  (sngkr-nzm, sn-)

n.

1. Coincidence in time; simultaneousness.

2. A chronological listing of historical personages or events so as to indicate parallel existence or occurrence.

3. Representation in the same artwork of events that occurred at different times.

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synchro·nistic, synchro·nisti·cal (-t-kl) adj.

synchro·nisti·cal·ly adv.

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synchronism [ˈsɪŋkrəˌnɪzəm]

n

1. the quality or condition of being synchronous

2. (Historical Terms) a chronological usually tabular list of historical persons and events, arranged to show parallel or synchronous occurrence

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) the representation in a work of art of one or more incidents that occurred at separate times

[from Greek sunkhronismos; see synchronous, -ism]

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synchronism, synchrony

a coincidence in time; simultaneity. Cf. asynchronism. — synchronistic, synchronistical, adj.

See also: Time

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an American movement, founded in 1913, based upon Abstractism in unmixed color, usually involving disklike forms. — synchronist, n. — synchronistic, adj.

See also: Art

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

synchronism - the relation that exists when things occur at the same time; "the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves" synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony temporal relation - a relation involving time asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronisation, desynchronization, desynchronizing - the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times; "the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves"

Translations

synchronism [ˈsɪŋkrənɪzəm] N → sincronismo m