synciputt

An obsolete spelling of sinciput. Syncladei (sing-klā dē-i), n. pl. [NL., Also spelled synchronisation. synchronize (sing'krō-niz), v.; pret. and pp. synchronized, ppr. synchronizing. [ χρονύζειν , συγχρονίζειν , be of the same time, be contemporary, σύγχρονος , of the same time, synchronous: see synchronous .] I. in trans . To occur at the same time; agree in time. The birth and the death [of the king), the rising and the setting, synchronize by a metaphysical nicety of neck-and neck, inconceivable to the book-keepers of earth. De Quincey, Secret Societies, i. The motions of ebb and flow he explains from + κλαστός, broken: see clastic.] Having the curvatures of all normal sections similarly directed: noting a curved surface so characterized, as that of a ball: opposed to anticlastic. Thomson and Tait, Nat. Phil. - Synclastic curvature, stre , surface, etc. See the nouns. synclinal (sin-kli'nal or sing kli-nal), a. and n. [As syncline + -al.] I. a. 1. Sloping downward in opposite directions so as to meet in a com mon point or line.-2. In geol., dipping, as strata in any particular district or lo E. A. Abbott , Bacon, p. 373. II. trans. 1. To cause to be synchronous; make to agree in time of occurrence. During the 11th century attempts were made to synchronize Irish events with those of other countries. Encyc . Brit ., V. 307. 2. To cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another; regulate or control, as a clock, by a standard timepiece, such as the chief clock in an observatory. Also spelled synchronise .