ASYNCHRONOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does asynchronous mean? 

• ASYNCHRONOUS (adjective)
  The adjective ASYNCHRONOUS has 2 senses:

1. (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself

2. not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase

  Familiarity information: ASYNCHRONOUS used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASYNCHRONOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself

Antonym:

synchronous ((digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that requires a common clock signal (a timing reference) between the communicating devices in order to coordinate their transmissions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase

Similar:

allochronic ((of taxa) occurring in different geologic times)

anachronic; anachronistic; anachronous (chronologically misplaced)

nonsynchronous; unsynchronised; unsynchronized; unsynchronous (not occurring together)

in series; nonparallel; serial (of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations)

Antonym:

synchronous (occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase)

 Context examples 

Patients with asynchronous tumors have a better prognosis than those with synchronous osteosarcomas.

(Asynchronous Multifocal Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A painful asymmetric asynchronous sensory and motor peripheral neuropathy involving isolated damage to at least 2 separate nerve areas; associated with (but not limited to) systemic disorders such as diabetes, vasculitis, amyloidosis, direct tumor involvement, polyarteritis nodosa, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and paraneoplastic syndromes.

(Mononeuritis Multiplex, NCI Thesaurus)

A statistical model used to assess the probability that an individual carries a germline deleterious mutation of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, based on family history of breast and ovarian cancer, including male breast cancer and bilateral synchronous and asynchronous diagnoses.

(BRCAPro, NCI Thesaurus)