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Definition of Desynchronization

1. Noun. The relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times. "The stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves"

Definition of Desynchronization

1. Noun. (neurology) A loss of synchronization of brain waves. ¹

2. Noun. The loss or absence of synchronization; asynchronism. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Desynchronization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction a Report of the Surgeon by C. Everett Koop, M.D., DIANE Publishing Company (1988)
"Cigarette smoking in humans also produced EEG desynchronization (Hauser et al. 1958; Wechsler 1958; Bickford 1960) or EEG desynchronization with an increase ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Row (a) shows activity of two neurons for which stimulus pairing produced tonic desynchronization without alteration of phasic synchronization. ..."

3. Biological Rhythms: Implications for the Worker by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"... et al., ' 'desynchronization of the Oral Temperature Cir- cadian Rhythm ... et al., "Internal desynchronization of Circadian Rhythms and Tolerance of ..."

4. Tobacco Use Among U. S. Racial Ethnic Minority Groups: African Americans by David Satcher (1999)
"... Reduced hunger Body weight reduction Electroencephalogram desynchronization Increased circulating levels of catecholamines, vasopressin, growth hormone, ..."

5. Distributed Interactive Simulation of Combatby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"... participate in a distributed simulation without causing loss of temporal consistency— ie, desynchronization.49 The limit is not a constant of nature, ..."

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