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Definition of synchronic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

synchronic

adjective
 
/sɪŋˈkrɒnɪk/
 
/sɪŋˈkrɑːnɪk/
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  1. relating to the way something, especially a language, is at a particular point in time compare diachronic
    Word Origin1920s: from late Latin synchronus (from Greek sunkhronos, from sun- ‘together’ + khronos ‘time’) + -ic.
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