synchoresis 
especially one made for the purpose of obviat- nixes ; especially, a contrivance for synchro- 
iii!' an ol'.jeetion or retorting more pointedly, nizim? dorks. Also spelled WMkf0iriMr. 
synchronal (sing'kro-niil), . and . [< syn- synchronology (-n>f,'-kn.-nol o-ji), 
ehroH-iiitti + -nl.] I. n. (luppeningat the same 
time ; simultaneous. 
That glorious estate of the church which Is tynchronal 
to the seecmd and third thunder. 
In- It. Minr, r.pistlcs to the Seven Churches, p. 141. 
II. . That which happens at the same time 
with something else, or pertains to the same 
time. 
Those seven iiiHchronali that are contemporary to the 
six Hi- .' trumpets. 
In: II. .Wore, Mystery of Godliness, p. 182. (Latham.) 
synchrone (siug'kron), H. [< NL.synchrona,< 
Gr. m '; \iximr,, contemporaneous: see synchro- 
nous.] A synchronous curve. See synchronous. 
synchronicaKsiti-kron'i-kal), ti. [< **ynchronic 
(= V. Hi/ni'hroniqite) (< synchron-mm + -ic) + 
-at.] Happening at the same time; simulta- 
neous. 
But for ought ever I could see In dissections, It Is very 
difficult to make out how the air Is conveyed Into the left 
ventricle of the heart, especially the systole and diastole 
of t lie heart and lungs being very far from being syneknni- 
,(. Boyle, Works, I. 103. 
synchronically(8in-kron'i-kal-i),adtJ. Inasyn- 
chrouical manner; simultaneously. Selsham, 
Philos. of Mind, iii. -. 
synchronisation, sychronise, etc. See syn- 
ckroni:ation, etc. 
synchronism (sins'kro-nizm), n. [< F. mjn- 
n. [< Gr. 
, of "the same time, + -Aoy/o, < "Myeiv, 
speak: see-oloijy.] Chronological arrangement 
side by side. 
synchronous (sing'kro-nus), . [= F. syn- 
c/nuni = Sp. sincroiio = Pg. synchrono = It. *- 
i-i-iuiii. < L. xijiirliniHus, < Gr. erjjpuwif, of the 
same time, occurring at the same time, (. aw. 
with, together, + ;rponor, time: see chronic.] 
Happening at the same time; simultaneous. 
syncope 
not uncommon to find the beds thrown Into a succession 
of sharp antlclinals and synclinal*. 
Huxley, Physiography, p. 415. 
syncline (sing'klin), H. [< Gr. oirfiJJvttv, incline 
<>r lean together, < aiv, together, + n/n-nr, in- 
cline, bend, turn: Beei-'i'.| Same us .si/<Vi/. 
Detailed work . . . appears to establish a series of three 
folds- a ncrtheni anticline, a central syncline, and a 
southern anticline- folded over to fonn an Isocline, with 
reversed dips to the S. E. /'/-./. Mag., XXIX. 288. 
synclinical (sin-klin'i-kal), a. [< syiicline + 
-ii'-iil.] Same at) x.y/K'/iiirt/. LK |ir( ''] 
synclinore (Hing'kli-nor), . NL. syni-lini)- 
I have heard distinctly a smaller sound of the same kind, ';,<,, <]. v.] " Same as synrliiioi -iinn. ./. 1>. Hiinu, 
a plash ,ynchr,MMt with the pulse. Text-book of Geol. (1883), p. 56. 
P.M. Latham. Lectures on Clinical Medicine (ed. 1886), , ,_:__ uu ~i[fjt 
M. Latham, lectures on Clinical Medicine (ed. 1836), 
[p. 288. 
Movements may be synchronous or asynchronous. 
F. Warner, Physical Expression, p. 80. 
Synchronous curve, a curve the locus of points retched 
at the same moment by particles falling from a ttxed 
point along curves of a given family, 
synchronously (siug'kro-nus-li), adr. In a syn- 
chronous manner ; at the same time. 
The auroral streamers which wave across the skies of 
one country must move tynchrownuly with those which 
are visible In the skies of another country, even though 
thousands of miles may separate the two regions. 
R. A. Proctor, Light Science for Leisure Hours, p. 12. 
When Grant crossed the Rapidan In the final campaign, 
he moved synchronously by telegraph Sherman In Oeoriiia, 
Crook in the Valley, and Butler on the Peninsula, and re- 
ceived responses from each before night 
synclinorian (sing-kli-no'ri-an), a 
riinii + -<in.] Of 
num. 
[< synclino- 
or pertaining to a syneliuo- 
Remote from shores, geosyncllnals are hi progress be- 
neath the sea, which will never attain tyndinorian crises 
unless some revolution provides supplies of sediments. 
WiackeU, World- Life, p. 831. 
synclinorium (sing-kli-no'ri-um), n.; pi. si/ 
iKirin (-a). [NL. ; as syncline + -orium.] A 
name given by J. D. Dana to a mountain hav- 
ing a general synclinal structure, or originated 
by means of a geosynclinal. 
synclitic (sin-klit'ik), a. [< Gr. ayjioWnrc, lit. 
leaning together, < ovyMvetv, incline or lean 
together: see syncline.] In obstel., exhibiting 
TheCenTury, XXXVIII. V89. grocUtisill (sing'kli-tizm), n. [< synclit(ic) 
tt __ - . \ . rut. *. . w r m ii_i" t_A . _. i 
gy^c --, 
gftrwsifjM = S{>. xmrronismo = Pg. syncliron | ftct or chnnictcr o { ^gsat synchronous. 
- 
(sing'kro-nus-nes), n. The 
mn = It. Kincronismo, < Gr. ovyxpoviopof, agree- 
ment of time, < ovyjyovl(ta>, be of the same 
time: see synchronize.] 1. Concurrence of two 
or more events in time ; simultaneousness. 
The coherence and synchronism of all the parts of the 
Mosalcal chronology. Sir M. Hale, Orig. of Mankind. 
We are led to the further conclusion, which Is at variance gvnchysis (sine'ki-sis), fl. 
S^&SS^^^^^fS^^^ rnnfi,,,, together, a co 
E. D Cope, Origin of the Fittest, p. 112. pour together, < ai-v, toge 
~+ -ism.] In obstet., parallelism between the 
planes of the fetal head and those of the pelvis. 
, v ,-- _-, syncopal (sing'ko-pal), n. [< syncope + -al.] 
-y.] Occurrence or existence at the same time; Pertaining to or resembling syncope Synco- 
simultaneity. pal asphyxia, a form of asphyxia In which the cavities 
The second [assumption], that geological contempoia- of the heart are found empty. 
nelty is the same thing as chronological synchrony, syncopate (sing k9-pat), r. t. ; pret. and pp. >~yn- 
lluxley. Lay Sermons, p. 207. copated, ppr. syncopating. [< LL. syncopatus. 
'kr6-ni),n. [< synchron-ous + 
[LL., < Gr. 
commingling, < 
ether, + x e ', pour: see 
2. A tabular arrangement of historical events 
or personages, grouped together according to 
their dates. 
These Synchronisms consist of parallel lines of the kings 
and chiefs of all the ancient nations. 
Curry, Anc. Irish, II. 168. 
3. In painting, the representation in the same 
picture of several events happening at different 
times, or of the same event at different moments _ -_v" .,. .. 
of its pswi.MMp^.rMfcft jes^&sfy&A* 
miing , a sentence. An example Is 
Worst of the worst were that man he that reigns ! 
Tennytun, Guinevere. 
(6) In pathol., fluidity of the vitreous humor of the eye. 
Synchysis sclntlllans, fluidity of the vitreous humor of 
the eye, with the presence of small crystals of cholesterin 
or other substance, which appear as sparkling points on 
ophthalmoscopic examination. 
property of the circle stated in the proposition that a Syncliytnum 1 -C*.J A SUDO 
body failing, under the influence of a constant force from cetous fungi, named from the genus oynrnytri- 
the highest point of a circle down any oblique line in the M)/(- Tnev inhabit the epiderm of terrestrial flowering 
plane of the circle, will reach the circumference In the pi an t g | n which they produce small yellow or dark-red 
same time, along whatever such line it falls, 
synchronistic (sing-kro-nis'tik), . [< syn- 
chronous + -ist-ic.~\ Pertaining to or exhibit- 
ing synchronism: as, synchronistic tables. 
These two periods of the transfer of I to the E place are 
tynchroniitic. Traia. Amer. PhUol. At*., XVL 66. 
galls, due to the abnormal swelling of the epidermal cells 
atfected. The group is incompletely known. 
Synchytrium (sing-kit'ri-um), n. [NL. (De 
Bary), < Gr. aiv, together, + xurptav, dim. of 
X'vrpa, a pot.] A genus of zygomycetous fungi, 
giving name to the suborder Synchytriex. 
synchronistically (sing-kro-nis'ti-kal-i), adi: synciputt, n. An obsolete spelliiyjof siHripiit. 
In a synchronistic manner ; according to dates. Syncladf 
A chronological chart, synchronistically and ethno- 
graphically arranged. 
Athenaum, Sept 9, 1882 (advt). 
jyncladei (sing-kla'de-i), n. pi. [NL., 
with, + K/d<5of, a young shoot or branch, < K)OV, 
break off, prune.] A section of mosses, con- 
(Eneyc. Diet.) t a i n i n g only the natural order Sphagnaccie. 
synchronization (sing'kro-ni-za'shon), >i. [< synclastic (sin-klas'tik), . [< Gr. aiv. together, 
synchronize + -at-ion.] l'. The process or act 
of making synchronous : applied especially to 
clocks. 2. The concurrence of events in re- 
spect of time. 
Also spelled synchronisation. 
synchronize (sing'kro-niz), v. ; pret. and pp. 
(/MAnmiMd, ppr. synchronizing. [< LGr. - 
~+ tfjaarof, broken : see clastic.] Having the 
curvatures of all normal sections similarly di- 
rected: noting a curved surface so character- 
ized, as that of a ball: opposed to anticlastic. 
Thomson and Tait, Nat. Phil Synclastic curva- 
ture, stress, surface, etc. See the nouns. 
synclinal 
pp. of suncopare, faint away (> It. sincopare = 
Sp. sincopar = Pg. syncopar = F. syncvper), syn- 
copate, (syncope, syncope : see syncope .] 1 . To 
contract, as a word, by taking one or more let- 
ters or syllables from the middle, as exempli- 
fied in Gloster for Gloucester. 2. In music, to af- 
fect by syncopation Syncopated algebra, mathe- 
matical analysis aided by a sort of shorthand not yet de- 
veloped Into a regular symbolic algebra. Syncopated 
counterpoint. See counterpoint, 3 (c) Syncopated 
note or tone, in music, a tone that begins on an unaccent- 
ed beat or pulse, and Is sustained over into an accented 
one. Formerly called dririny-note. See tyncopation, 2. 
[NL., < syncopation (sing-ko-pa'hon),M. [(.syncopate 
+ -OH.] 1 . The contraction of a word by tak- 
ing a letter, letters, or a syllable from the mid- 
dle, as in the seamen's fo'c'sle for forecastle ; 
especially, such omission of a short vowel be- 
tween two consonants. 
The time has long past for such syncopatimu and com- 
pressions as gave us nrballst, governor, pedant, and proc- 
tor, from arcubalista, gubemator, ptedagogans, and procu- 
rator. F. Uall, Mod. Eng., p. 175, note. 
2. In music, the act, process, or result of invert- 
ing the rhythmic accent by beginning a tone or 
tones on an unaccented beat or pulse, and sus- 
taining them into an accented one, so that the 
proper emphasis on the latter is more or less 
transferred back or anticipated. Syncopation 
may occur wholly within a measure, or may extend from 
measure to measure. In the following passage the syn- 
copations are marked by asterisks. 
v, < Gr. 
be contemporary, < aiiyxpovos, of the same time, 
synchronous: see synchronous.] I. intrans. To 
occur at the same time ; agree in time. 
The birth and the death [of the king), the rising and the 
setting, fiinehrrniize by a metaphysical nicety of neck-and- 
neck, inconceivable to the liook-keepcrs of earth. 
De Qitincey, Secret Societies, I. 
The motions of ebb and flow he explains from the con- 
figuration of the earth : and his whole theory depends 
upon the supposition that the tides of the Pacific do not 
fi/nchronue with those of the Atlantic. 
E. A. Abbott, Bacon, p. 373. 
II. trans. 1. To cause to be synchronous; 
make to agree in time of occurrence. 
During the llth century attempts were made to syn- 
chnmize Irish events with those of other countries. 
Encye. Brit., V. 307. 
2. To cause to indicate the same time, as one 
timepiece with another; regulate or control, 
as a clock, by a standard timepiece, such as the 
chief clock in an observatory. 
Also sprlliM ni/iiclii'niiine. 
synchronizer (sing'kro-ni-zer), H. [< syncln-n- 
('- + -;!.] One who or that whicn synchro- 
iit^ni'/t \_\ AJVL. w/- *j*' .r _ --- ,- . '\ _la 
, be of the same time, [As syncline + -at.] I. a. 1. bloping downws 
in opposite directions so as to meet in a com- 
mon point or 
line. 2. In 
geol., dipping, 
as strata in ^53^^ T^-"-^. 
any particular 
district Or lO- Synclinal Strat.i. 
cality, toward 
one another on each side of the axis of the fold : 
the opposite of anticlinal. Compare cut under 
jri'*l, 9. 
The valleys within this range often follow anticlinal 
but rarely syndiiuil lines : that is, the strata on the two 
sides more often dip from the line of valley than towards 
It. Dani-in, Geol. Observations, ii. 10. 
Synclinal axis, the line connecting the lowest points 
along the course of a synclinal depression. Synclinal 
valley, a valley having a synclinal structure, or formed 
by a depression in which the strata on both sides dip to- 
ward its central area. 
II. n. A synclinal fold, line, or axis. 
When strata lie in this shape ~, they are said to form a 
synclinal (from aw, sun, with, and Aim, Hino. to slope), 
mul when in this form -, an anticlinal. . . . Among the 
old rocks of Wales and other parts of western Britain, it is 
, n. [= F. syncope = Sp. 
_, syncope, syncopa = It. sin- 
cope, sincopa, < L. syncope, syvcopa = Gr. cv)- 
KOJTI?, a cutting short, the contraction of a word 
by the omission of one or more letters, a swoon, 
< o-uyKoVrav, cut short, abridge, < civ, together, 
+ KOTTTt iv, strike, cut. ] 1 . The contraction of a 
word by elision ; an elision or retrenchment of 
one or more letters or a syllable from the mid- 
dle of a word, as in ne'er for never. See also syn- 
copation, syncopate. Compare apocope. 2. In 
med., loss of consciousness from fall of blood- 
pressure and consequent cerebral anemia ; 
fainting. It may be induced by cardiac weak- 
ness or inhibition, hemorrhage, or probably 
visceral vasomotor relaxation. 3. A sudden 
pause or cessation; a suspension; temporary 
stop or inability to go on. 
Revelry, and dance, and show 
Suffer a syncope and solemn paue ; 
While God performs upon the trembling stage 
Of his own works his dreadful part alone. 
Copper, Task, IL 80. 
4. In music: (a) Same as syncopation. (6) The 
combination of two voice-parts so that two or 
more tones in one coincide with a single tone 
