synchronous

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This UCA will cover the Atlas V geo-synchronous orbit and the ELC mission unique portions of the AFSPC-2 mission.

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  1. adjective Occurring or existing at the same time. See Synonyms at contemporary.
  2. adjective Moving or operating at the same rate.
  3. adjective Having identical periods.
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  • GOCE will be in a sun-synchronous orbit, meaning it will be almost always be in sunlight, providing a stable thermal environment for the spacecraft. —  Universe Today
  • (Sep. 19, 2003) - A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory astrophysicist, in collaboration with international researchers, has found evidence for the synchronous formation of massive, luminous elliptical galaxies in ...
  • It's already slowed down by being synchronous, plus you have no automated failover, so what's the benefit? —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • It is in the practice of synchronous, two-phase commit communication where potential problems can occur. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • For one, synchronous, two-phase commit opera - tions will have less of an impact on the user experience, meaning fewer lags between data entry operations. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
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  1. From Late Latin synchronus, from Greek sunkhronos : sun-, syn- + khronos, time.

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  1. = French synchrone = Spanish síncrono = Portuguese synchrono = Italian sincrono, from Latin synchronus, from Greek σύγχρονος, of the same time, occurring at the same time, from σύν, with, together, + χρόνος, time: see chronic.
 

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