SYNCHRONIZED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does synchronized mean? 

• SYNCHRONIZED (adjective)
  The adjective SYNCHRONIZED has 1 sense:

1. operating in unison

  Familiarity information: SYNCHRONIZED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYNCHRONIZED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Operating in unison

Synonyms:

synchronised; synchronized

Context example:

the synchronized flapping of a bird's wings

Similar:

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

 Context examples 

A public domain, binary file format that is used to record synchronized 3D and analog motion capture data.

(C3D Format, NCI Thesaurus)

Issue associated with a circuit, equipment, or system whereby its functions fail to be properly synchronized or its relative positions properly oriented.

(Failure to Align Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

The team found that identical twins had synchronized visual patterns, compared to non-identical twins and non-sibling pairs.

(Children’s visual engagement is heritable and altered in autism, National Institutes of Health)

As if these communities are all on the same schedule, the changes are synchronized in reefs separated by hundreds of miles.

(Bacteria living near coral reefs change in synchrony across distances, National Science Foundation)

Gentle sound stimulation — such as the rush of a waterfall — synchronized to the rhythm of brain waves significantly enhanced deep sleep in older adults and improved their ability to recall words.

(Sound Waves Boost Older Adult' Memory, Deep Sleep, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In the latter group of animals, the ripples in the hippocampus and cortex were no more synchronized before exploring the maze than afterwards.

(Study shows how memories ripple through the brain, National Institutes of Health)

The intercellular structures including the fascia adherens, gap junctions and macula adherens that connect single cardiac muscle cells to allow for synchronized contractions.

(Intercalated Disk, NCI Thesaurus)

A implantable cardiac pacemaker with an additional third lead placed in the left ventricle that is designed to keep the contractions of the ventricles synchronized with each other.

(Biventricular Pacemaker, NCI Thesaurus)

Modern society often places abnormal pressure on the human body — from shifting time schedules due to air travel, to work cycles that don't conform to natural light, to odd eating times — and these external conditions create an imbalance in the body's natural cycles, which are evolutionarily synchronized to day and night.

(Neurons That Control Brain's Body Clock Identified, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)