adj
homochronous
Homochronous (adj) means (technical) Describes two signals whose matching points are shifted from each other by a fixed amount of time.
adj
1
(technical) Describes two signals whose matching points are shifted from each other by a fixed amount of time.
"Two signals having different nominal signaling rates, and not stemming from the same clock or from homochronous clocks are usually heterochronous."
— Glossary of telecommunication terms, United States Federal Supply Service (1980)
2
Happening at the same time as something else.
"Regardless of what genetic or homochronous relationship exists between love and sensual desire, they have nothing to do with each other in respect to their meaning and as phenomena."
— Georg Simmel, The View of Life: Four Metaphysical Essays with Journal Aphorisms (2011)
3
Happening at the same stage of life in one generation after another.
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Etymology
Formed from homo- and -chronous.
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What is the meaning of homochronous?
"homochronous" (adj) means (technical) Describes two signals whose matching points are shifted from each other by a fixed amount of time.
What are the different meanings of homochronous?
"homochronous" has 3 main meanings: 1. (technical) Describes two signals whose matching points are shifted from each other by a fixed amount of time; 2. Happening at the same time as something else; 3. Happening at the same stage of life in one generation after another.
