"homochronous" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From homo- + -chronous. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|homo|chronous}} homo- + -chronous Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} homochronous (not comparable)
  1. (telecommunications) Of two signals, such that their corresponding significant instants are displaced by a constant interval of time. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Telecommunications
    Sense id: en-homochronous-en-adj-1FRWIcbF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with homo-, English terms suffixed with -chronous, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 28 26 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with homo-: 43 26 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -chronous: 45 29 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 28 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 28 26 Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications
  2. Occurring at the same time. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-homochronous-en-adj-XlC0r4Ze
  3. (pathology, of a disease, dated) Occurring at the same age in successive generations. Tags: dated, not-comparable Categories (topical): Pathology
    Sense id: en-homochronous-en-adj-zMz4rOuO Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: homeochronous
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