English

Alternative forms

• synchronisation (Commonwealth English)

Noun

synchronization ‎(countable and uncountable, plural synchronizations)

1. The state or property of being synchronized.

   The generator went off line when it lost synchronization with the power line.

   • 2012, Staff (Max Planck Institute), Study: Solar and wind energy may stabilize the power grid, R&D Magazine, online:

     Synchronization, the coordinated dynamics of many units to the same timing is found throughout the natural world.

2. (military) The arrangement of military actions in time, space, and purpose to produce maximum relative combat power at a decisive place and time.
3. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (military) In an intelligence context, application of intelligence sources and methods in concert with the operation plan.

Translations

Synonyms

• synchroneity, synchronicity

Related terms

• autosynchronization