Word Meanings - ASYNCHRONOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; --opposed to synchronous.
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- SIMULTANEOUS
Existing, happening, or done, at the same time; as, simultaneous events. -- Si`mul*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Si`mul*ta"ne*ous*ness, n. Simultaneous equations , two or more equations in which the values of the unknown quantities entering them are the - OPPOSABILITY
The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace. - SYNCHRONOUS
Happening at the same time; simultaneous. -- Syn"chro*nous*ly, adv. - OPPOSITIONIST
One who belongs to the opposition party. Praed. - OPPOSITIVE
Capable of being put in opposition. Bp. Hall. - OPPOSELESS
Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. "Your great opposeless wills." Shak. - OPPOSITIFOLIOUS
Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it by the whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious peduncle. - OPPOSABLE
1. Capable of being opposed or resisted. 2. Capable of being placed opposite something else; as, the thumb is opposable to the forefinger. - OPPOSE
1. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit. Her grace sat down . . . In a rich chair of state; opposing freely The beauty of her person to the people. Shak. 2. To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance - OPPOSITISEPALOUS
Placed in front of a sepal. - OPPOSITION
The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180º; -- signified by the symbol - OPPOSITENESS
The quality or state of being opposite. - CONCURRENTNESS
The state or quality of being concurrent; concurrence. - OPPOSITELY
In a situation to face each other; in an opposite manner or direction; adversely. Winds from all quarters oppositely blow. May. - CONCURRENTLY
With concurrence; unitedly. - CONCURRENT
Meeting in one point. Syn. -- Meeting; uniting; accompanying; conjoined; associated; coincident; united. (more info) 1. Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contibuting to the same event of effect; coöperating. I join with - OPPOSITE
1. Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange. 2. Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite - OPPOSER
One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist; an adversary. - OPPOSITIPETALOUS
Placed in front of a petal. - OPPOSAL
Opposition. Sir T. Herbert. - REOPPOSE
To oppose again. - ASYNCHRONOUS
Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; --opposed to synchronous.