synchronic
adjective/sɪŋˈkrɒnɪk/
/sɪŋˈkrɑːnɪk/
(linguistics)- relating to the way something, especially a language, is at a particular point in time compare diachronicWord Origin1920s: from late Latin synchronus (from Greek sunkhronos, from sun- ‘together’ + khronos ‘time’) + -ic.
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