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Syn"ar*chy (?), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to rule jointly with; sy`n with + &?; to rule.] Joint rule or sovereignity. [R.] Stackhouse.

Syn`ar*te"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a fastening together, fr. &?; to fasten together.] A fastening or knitting together; the state of being closely jointed; close union. [R.] Coleridge.

||Syn`ar*thro"di*a (?), n. [NL.] (Anat.) Synarthrosis. -- ||Syn`ar*thro"di*al (#), a. Dunglison.

||Syn`ar*thro"sis (?), n.; pl. Synarthroses (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a ||being jointed together, fr. &?; to link or joint together; sy`n with ||+ &?; a joint.] (Anat.) Immovable articulation by close union, as in ||sutures. It sometimes includes symphysial articulations also. See the ||Note under Articulation, n., 1.

Syn"as*try (?), n. [Pref. syn- + Gr. &?; a star.] Concurrence of starry position or influence; hence, similarity of condition, fortune, etc., as prefigured by astrological calculation. [R.] Motley.

Syn*ax"is (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to bring together. See Synagogue.] A congregation; also, formerly, the Lord's Supper. Jer. Taylor.

Syn"carp (?), n. [NL. syncarpium. See Syncarpous.] (Bot.) A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia; also, a similar multiple fruit, as a mulberry.

||Syn*car"pi*um (?), n.; pl. Syncarpia (#). [NL.] (Bot.) Same as ||Syncarp.

Syn*car"pous (?), a. [Pref. syn- + Gr. &?; a fruit.] (Bot.) Composed of several carpels consolidated into one ovary.

Syn*cat`e*gor`e*mat"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;; sy`n with + &?; a predicate. See Syn-, and Categorematic.] (Logic) Not capable of being used as a term by itself; -- said of words, as an adverb or preposition.

||Syn`chon*dro"sis (?), n.; pl. Synchondroses (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;; ||sy`n with + &?; cartilage.] (Anat.) An immovable articulation in ||which the union is formed by cartilage. -- Syn`chon*dro"si*al, a.

Syn`chon*drot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. &?; union by cartilage + &?; to cut.] (Surg.) Symphyseotomy.

Syn`cho*re"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;; sy`n with + &?; a going.] (Rhet.) A concession made for the purpose of retorting with greater force.

Syn"chro*nal (?), a. [See Synchronous.] Happening at, or belonging to, the same time; synchronous; simultaneous. Dr. H. More.

Syn"chro*nal, n. A synchronal thing or event.

Syn*chron"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. synchronique.] Happening at the same time; synchronous. Boyle. -- Syn*chron"ic*al*ly, adv.

Syn"chro*nism (?), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to be contemporary with, from &?; synchronous. See Synchronous.] 1. The concurrence of events in time; simultaneousness.

2. The tabular arrangement of historical events and personages, according to their dates.

3. (Paint.) A representation, in the same picture, of two or events which occured at different times.

Syn`chro*nis"tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to synchronism; arranged according to correspondence in time; as, synchronistic tables.

Syn`chro*ni*za"tion (?), n. The act of synchronizing; concurrence of events in respect to time.

Syn"chro*nize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Synchronized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Synchronizing (?).] [Gr. &?;.] To agree in time; to be simultaneous.

The path of this great empire, through its arch of progress, synchronized with that of Christianity.

De Quincey.

Syn"chro*nize, v. t. 1. To assign to the same date or period of time; as, to synchronize two events of Greek and Roman history. "Josephus synchronizes Nisan with the Egyptian Pharmus." W. L. Bevan.

2. To cause to agree in time; as, to synchronize the movements of different machines; to synchronize clocks.

Syn`chro*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Pref. syn- + Gr. &?; time + -logy.] Contemporaneous chronology.

Syn"chro*nous (?), a. [Gr. &?;; sy`n with + &?; time. Cf. Chronicle.] Happening at the same time; simultaneous. -- Syn"chro*nous*ly, adv.