Part 1069

Syn"chro*ny (?), n. The concurrence of events in time; synchronism. [R.]

Geological contemporaneity is the same as chronological synchrony.

Huxley.

||Syn"chy*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to confound; sy`n with ||+ &?; to pour.] A derangement or confusion of any kind, as of words ||in a sentence, or of humors in the eye.

Sparkling synchysis (Med.), a condition in which the vitreous humor is softened and contains sparkling scales of cholesterin.

Syn*clas"tic (?), a. [Pref. syn- + Gr. kla^n to break.] (Math. Physics) Curved toward the same side in all directions; -- said of surfaces which in all directions around any point bend away from a tangent plane toward the same side, as the surface of a sphere; -- opposed to anticlastic. Sir W. Thomson.

Syn*cli"nal (?), a. [Gr. &?; to incline together; sy`n with + &?; to incline.] 1. Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.

2. (Geol.) Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane; as, a synclinal trough or valley; a synclinal fold; -- opposed to anticlinal.

A downward flexure in the case of folded rocks makes a synclinal axis, and the alternating upward flexure an anticlinal axis.

Syn*cli"nal, n. (Geol.) A synclinal fold.

Syn*cline" (?), n. (Geol.) A synclinal fold.

Syn*clin"ic*al (?), a. Synclinal. [R.]

||Syn`cli*no"ri*um (?), n.; pl. Synclinoria (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; to ||lay together + &?; mountain.] (Geol.) A mountain range owing its ||origin to the progress of a geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe ||of displacement and upturning. Dana.

Syn"co*pal (?), a. Of or pertaining to syncope; resembling syncope.

Syn"co*pate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Syncopated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Syncopating.] [LL. syncopatus, p. p. of syncopare to syncopate, to swoon. See Syncope.] 1. (Gram.) To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; as, "Gloster" is a syncopated form of "Gloucester."

2. (Mus.) To commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a measure, and continue it into the following accented part, so that the accent is driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm drags.

Syn`co*pa"tion (?), n. 1. (Gram.) The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.

2. (Mus.) The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows.

Syn"co*pe (?), n. [L. syncope, syncopa, Gr. &?; a cutting up, a syncope; akin to &?; to beat together, to cut up, cut short, weavy; sy`n with + &?; to strike, cut.] 1. (Gram.) An elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or syllables from the middle of a word; as, ne'er for never, ev'ry for every.

2. (Mus.) Same as Syncopation.

3. (Med.) A fainting, or swooning. See Fainting.

4. A pause or cessation; suspension. [R.]

Revely, and dance, and show, Suffer a syncope and solemn pause.

Cowper.

Syn"co*pist (?), n. One who syncopates. Addison.

Syn"co*pize (?), v. t. To syncopate.

Syn*cot`y*led"on*ous (?), a. [Pref. syn- + cotyledonous.] (Bot.) Having united cotyledonous.

Syn*cret"ic (?), a. Uniting and blending together different systems, as of philosophy, morals, or religion. Smart.