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Definition of Asynchrony
1. Noun. The relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times. "The stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves"
Generic synonyms: Temporal Relation
Antonyms: Synchronism, Synchronization, Synchronizing
Derivative terms: Desynchronise, Desynchronize, Desynchronize
Definition of Asynchrony
1. Noun. The state of being asynchronous, or out of synchronization ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Asynchrony
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Asynchrony
Literary usage of Asynchrony
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Acute Perinatal Asphyxia in Term Infants: Report of the Workshopedited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz edited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz (1997)
"Semi-quantitative methods have evolved to describe EEG abnormalities such as
excessive discontinuity, asymmetries, interhemispheric asynchrony, low voltage ..."
2. The Medical Clinics of North America by Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1918)
"It was noted that in his case pupillary inequality, tracheal tug, an expansile
tumor, and asymmetry and asynchrony of the radial pulses was not present. ..."
3. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Image analysis of single cells revealed that responses to PGE2 showed asynchrony
with the onset of (Ca2 + )i changes. After a lag time of 10-30 s, ..."
4. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"The reasons for the asynchrony in pollen grain and embryo sac development and
the long period of pollen tube growth are not immediately evident. ..."
5. Selected Proceedings of the Symposium on Inference for Stochastic Processes by Ishwar V. Basawa, C. C. Heyde, Robert Lee Taylor, (2001)
"Times, thus detected, of synchronizing events correspond to times of decrease of
the estimator (9) of asynchrony. The coupling estimates we obtained were c ..."
6. Catalyzing Inquiry at the Interface of Computing And Biology by John C. Wooley, Herbert Lin (2005)
"Because expression profile varies over time, asynchrony in cell cycles may also
throw off the final result.13 To deal with these difficulties, ..."
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