Meaning of the word synchronous in English

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synchronous

US /ˈsɪŋ.krə.nəs/
UK /ˈsɪŋ.krə.nəs/

Adjective

1.

existing or occurring at the same time.

Example:
glaciations were approximately synchronous in both hemispheres
2.

(of a satellite or its orbit) making or denoting an orbit around the earth or another celestial body in which one revolution is completed in the period taken for the body to rotate about its axis.

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