Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Synchronizing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Synchronize \Syn"chro*nize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Synchronized};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Synchronizing}.] [Gr. ?.]
To agree in time; to be simultaneous.
The path of this great empire, through its arch of
progress, synchronized with that of Christianity. --De
Quincey.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
synchronizing
n 1: the relation that exists when things occur at the same time;
"the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain
waves" [syn: {synchronism}, {synchrony}, {synchronicity},
{synchroneity}, {synchronization}, {synchronisation}]
[ant: {asynchronism}, {asynchronism}, {asynchronism}]
2: an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in
unison [syn: {synchronization}, {synchronisation}, {synchronising}]
3: coordinating by causing to indicate the same time; "the
synchronization of their watches was an important
preliminary" [syn: {synchronization}, {synchronisation}]
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