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ASYNCHRONY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does asynchrony mean?
• ASYNCHRONY (noun)
The noun ASYNCHRONY has 1 sense:
1. the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times
Familiarity information: ASYNCHRONY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
asynchronism; asynchrony; desynchronisation; desynchronization; desynchronizing
Context example:
the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves
Hypernyms ("asynchrony" is a kind of...):
temporal relation (a relation involving time)
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