<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>Occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.<ul><li>Example: The longest running “Turkey Trot” 5K is being held as a synchronous race in more than a dozen cities this Thanksgiving morning, and all proceeds will benefit the food bank.</li></ul></li><li>(Especially in education) Occurring in real time, as with participants logged in at an appointed time for a live lecture or discussion.<ul><li>Example: Synchronous telemedicine connects patients for instantaneous interactions with a medical professional.</li></ul></li><li>Going on at the same rate and exactly together; recurring together.</li><li>Physics, Electricity: Having the same frequency and zero phase difference.</li><li>Digital Technology: Relating to or being a computer operation that must complete before another event can begin.<ul><li>Example: The synchronous operation requires the host CPU to block subsequent activities until the current process concludes.</li></ul></li><li>Computers, Telecommunications: Of, relating to, or operating using fixed-time intervals coordinated by a clock, as in paired data transmission.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>