synchrony
(ˈsɪŋkrənɪ)
[f. Gr. σύγχρονος synchronous: see -y.]
1. = synchronism 1, 2, 2 b.
| 1848 W. W. Lloyd in Numism. Chron. XI. 105 Very precise arrangement in sequence and synchrony. 1853 Merivale Rom. Emp. xxx. (1865) III. 417 Orosius,..anxious..to find or make a synchrony between an epoch so important in the world's history and one of the most signal events recorded in his own creed. 1880 Athenæum 18 Dec. 821/1 The relics of the ‘Burnt City’ of the Troad favour in the most significant manner a synchrony with the graves in the acropolis of Mycenæ. |
2. Linguistics. A synchronic method of linguistic study; synchronic treatment.
| 1931 L. H. Gray in Amer. Jrnl. Philol. LII. 77 Synchrony must determine the nature of these categories. 1955 Word XI. 630 The Saussurean antinomy between synchrony and diachrony. 1959, 1963 [see diachronic a. 2]. 1972 Language XLVIII. 438 It has recently been claimed that Georg von der Gabelentz anticipated a number of Saussurean concepts, in particular his dichotomies of langue-parole and synchrony-diachrony. |