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synchro-

Synchronous.

The first part of English synchronous, from Greek sun‑, together, plus khronos, time.

Something synchronous exists or occurs at the same time as some other event. Examples of synchro‑ include synchromesh, a system for changing gear easily, short for synchronized mesh; synchroflash, in which the opening of the camera shutter is synchronized with the firing of a flash gun; synchrotron, a cyclotron in which the magnetic field strength increases in time with the energy of the particles to keep their orbital radius constant. Synchro as a free-standing word can be an abbreviation of synchromesh or synchronized swimming, or refer in general to synchronized operations.

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