Webster's Dictionary 1913

13069

Synchronology

Syn′chro‐nol″o‐gy (?), n. [Pref. syn- + Gr. � time + -logy.] Contemporaneous chronology.

13070

Synchronous

Syn″chro‐nous (?), a. [Gr. �; σύν with + � time. Cf. Chronicle.] Happening at the same time; simultaneous. — Syn″chro‐nous‐ly, adv.

13071

Synchrony

Syn″chro‐ny (?), n. The concurrence of events in time; synchronism.Geological contemporaneity is the same as chronological synchrony. Huxley.

13072

Synchysis

‖Syn″chy‐sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �, fr. � to confound; σύν with + � to pour.] A derangement or confusion of any kind, as of words in a sentence, or of humors in the eye.Sparkl...

13073

Synclastic

Syn‐clas″tic (?), a. [Pref. syn- + Gr. κλα̑ν to break.] (Math. Physics) Curved toward the same side in all directions; — said of surfaces which in all directions around any poin...

13074

Synclinal

Syn‐cli″nal (?), a. [Gr. � to incline together; σύν with + � to incline.] 1. Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.2. (Geol.) Forme...

13075

Synclinal (2)

Syn‐cli″nal, n.(Geol.) A synclinal fold.

13076

Syncline

Syn‐cline″ (?), n.(Geol.) A synclinal fold.

13077

Synclinical

Syn‐clin″ic‐al (?), a. Synclinal.

13078

Synclinorium

‖Syn′cli‐no″ri‐um (?), n.; pl.Synclinoria (#). (Geol.) A mountain range owing its origin to the progress of a geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement and uptur...

13079

Syncopal

Syn″co‐pal (?), a. Of or pertaining to syncope; resembling syncope.

13080

Syncopate

Syn″co‐pate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Syncopated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Syncopating.] [LL. syncopatus, p. p. of syncopare to syncopate, to swoon. See Syncope.] 1. (Gram.) To contract...

13081

Syncopation

Syn′co‐pa″tion (?), n. 1. (Gram.) The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.2. (Mus.) The act of sync...

13082

Syncope

Syn″co‐pe (?), n. [L. syncope, syncopa, Gr. � a cutting up, a syncope; akin to � to beat together, to cut up, cut short, weavy; σύν with + � to strike, cut.] 1. (Gram.) An elisi...

13083

Syncopist

Syn″co‐pist (?), n. One who syncopates. Addison.

13084

Syncopize

Syn″co‐pize (?), v. t. To syncopate.

13085

Syncotyledonous

Syn‐cot′y‐led″on‐ous (?), a. [Pref. syn- + cotyledonous.] (Bot.) Having united cotyledonous.

13086

Syncretic

Syn‐cret″ic (?), a. Uniting and blending together different systems, as of philosophy, morals, or religion. Smart.

13087

Syncretism

Syn″cre‐tism (?), n. [Gr. �, fr. � to make two parties join against a third: cf. F. syncrétisme.] Attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably at variance with each o...

13088

Syncretism (2)

Syn″cre‐tism (?), n.(Philol.) The union or fusion into one of two or more originally different inflectional forms, as of two cases.

13089

Syncretist

Syn″cre‐tist (?), n. [Cf. F. syncrétiste.] One who attempts to unite principles or parties which are irreconcilably at variance; specifically (Eccl. Hist.), an adherent of Georg...

13090

Syncretistic

Syn′cre‐tis″tic (?), a. 1. Pertaining to, or characterized by, syncretism; as, a syncretistic mixture of the service of Jehovah and the worship of idols.2. Of or pertaining to S...

13091

Syncrisis

‖Syn″cri‐sis (?), n.(Rhet.) A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared. Crabb.

13092

Syncytium

‖Syn‐cy″ti‐um (?), n.; pl.Syncitia (#). 1. (Biol.) Tissue in which the cell or partition walls are wholly wanting and the cell bodies fused together, so that the tissue consists...

13093

Syndactyl

{ Syn‐dac″tyl, Syn‐dac″tyle } (?), a. [Syn- + Gr. � finger, toe.] (Zoöl. & Med.) Having two or more digits wholly or partly united. See Syndactylism.

13094

Syndactyle

Syn‐dac″tyle (?), n. [Pref. syn- + Gr. � finger, toe: cf. F. syndactyle.] (Zoöl.) Any bird having syndactilous feet.

13095

Syndactylic

Syn‐dac‐tyl″ic (?), a.(Zoöl.) Syndactilous.