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ASYNCHRONISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does asynchronism mean?
• ASYNCHRONISM (noun)
The noun ASYNCHRONISM has 1 sense:
1. the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times
Familiarity information: ASYNCHRONISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
asynchronism; asynchrony; desynchronisation; desynchronization; desynchronizing
Context example:
the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves
Hypernyms ("asynchronism" is a kind of...):
temporal relation (a relation involving time)
Antonym:
synchronism (the relation that exists when things occur at the same time)
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