synchronism (singkronizm)

[ mo = = ment of συγχρονίζειν, be of the same time: see synchronize.] 1. Concurrence of two It. sincronismo , Gr. συγχρονισμός, agree or more events in time; simultaneousne . The coherence and synchronism of all the parts of the Mosaical chronology. Sir M. Hale , Orig. of Mankind. We are led to the further conclusion, which is at variance with received canons, that identity of faunæ proves succe ional relation in time, instead of synchronism. E. D. Cope , Origin of the Fittest, p. 112. 2. A tabular arrangement of historical events or personages, grouped together according to their dates. These Synchronisms consist of parallel lines of the kings and chiefs of all the ancient nations. O'Curry, Anc. Irish, II. 168. 3. In painting, the representation in the same picture of several events happening at different times, or of the same event at different moments of its progre . Synchronism of the circle, the property of the circle stated in the proposition that a body falling, under the influence of a constant force, from the highest point of a circle down any oblique line in the plane of the circle, will reach the circumference in the same time, along whatever such line it falls.