'synchronic' definitions:
Definition of 'synchronic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase; "recovery was synchronous with therapy"- Jour.A.M.A.; "a synchronous set of clocks"; "the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight"; "synchronous oscillations" [syn: synchronous, synchronal, synchronic] [ant: asynchronous]
adjective
Concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents; "synchronic linguistics" [ant: diachronic, historical]
adjective
(of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time