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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 timesplay

  Familiarity information: ASYNCHRONISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ASYNCHRONISM (noun)


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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