Synchronizing

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Synchronize \Syn"chro*nize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Synchronized};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Synchronizing}.] [Gr. ?.]
     To agree in time; to be simultaneous.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The path of this great empire, through its arch of


           progress, synchronized with that of Christianity. --De
                                                    Quincey.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]