syncategorem
— Noun
– English
~ a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition; "logical quantifiers, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions are called syncategoremes"
syncategorematic
— Adjective
– English
~ of a term that cannot stand as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition but must be used in conjunction with other terms; "`or' is a syncategorematic term"
syncategoreme
— Noun
– English
~ a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition; "logical quantifiers, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions are called syncategoremes"
synchro
— Noun
– English
~ a system consisting of a generator and a motor so connected that the motor will assume the same relative position as the generator; the generator and the motor are synchronized
synchrocyclotron
— Noun
– English
~ cyclotron that achieves relativistic velocities by modulating the frequency of the accelerating electric field
synchroflash
— Noun
– English
~ a device used in photography to synchronize the peak of a flash with the opening of the camera shutter
synchromesh
— Noun
– English
~ an automotive system for shifting gears in which the gears revolve at the same speed and so shift smoothly
synchronal
— Adjective
– English
~ occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase; "recovery was synchronous with therapy"- Jour.A.M.A.; "a synchronous set of clocks"; "the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight"; "synchronous oscillations"
synchroneity
— Noun
– English
~ the relation that exists when things occur at the same time; "the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves"
synchronic linguistics
— Noun
– English
~ the study of a language without reference to its historical context
synchronic
— Adjective
– English
~ (of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time
synchronic
— Adjective
– English
~ concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents; "synchronic linguistics"