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SYNCHRONISING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does synchronising mean?
• SYNCHRONISING (noun)
The noun SYNCHRONISING has 1 sense:
1. an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison
Familiarity information: SYNCHRONISING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
synchronisation; synchronising; synchronization; synchronizing
Hypernyms ("synchronising" is a kind of...):
adjustment; readjustment; registration (the act of adjusting something to match a standard)
Derivation:
synchronise (make synchronous and adjust in time or manner)
Context examples
Mothers’ and babies’ brains can work together as a ‘mega-network’ by synchronising brain waves when they interact.
(Mothers’ and babies’ brains ‘more in tune’ when mother is happy, University of Cambridge)
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