synchronic
adjUK /sɪnˈkɹɒnɪk/ · US /sɪnˈkɹɑnɪk/
Etymology By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -ic; historically, see synchronous § Etymology.
1
Occurring at a specific point in time.
2
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Relating to the study of a language at only one point in its history.
- The three texts that contain a more modern selection of lexis, Sengupta, Nihalani et al, and Mahal, being entirely synchronic, also suffer from a lack of historical perspective.2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 300:
- Derived terms
- asynchronic, hypersynchronic, nonsynchronic, synchronically, synchronicity
- Related terms
- synchronous, synchronical