synchronization

CEFRB2

/sˌɪŋkrənəˈzeɪʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The act of making things happen at the same time.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The arrangement of military actions in time, space, and purpose to produce maximum relative combat power at a decisive place and time.

Examples

  • Poor lip synchronization made the dubbed movie hard to watch.

  • Rodrigo marveled at the centipede's numerous legs, which moved in perfect synchronization.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. The state or property of being synchronized.

More examples

In context

  • Synchronization, the coordinated dynamics of many units to the same timing is found throughout the natural world.

  • The generator went off line when it lost synchronization with the power line.

  • I was very impressed with the obvious amount of work that went into the learning and synchronization of such a complex and harmonically and difficult score.

Synonyms

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The blank of the audio and video tracks was required for the movie's perfection.

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Origin

noun

From synchronize + -ation.