Syn`a*le"pha (?), n. [NL., fr. L. synaloepha, Gr. &?;, from &?; to melt
together; sy`n with + &?; to besmear.] (Gram.) A contraction of
syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word,
before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army. [Written
also synalœpha.]
Syn`al*lag*mat"ic, a. [Gr. &?;, from &?; a mutual agreement, contract,
fr. &?; to exchange, negotiate with; sy`n with + &?; to change.] (Law)
Imposing reciprocal obligations upon the parties; as, a synallagmatic
contract. Bouvier.
Syn`al*lax"ine (?), a. [From Gr. &?; to associate with.] (Zoöl.) Having
the outer and middle toes partially united; -- said of certain birds
related to the creepers.
||Syn`a*lœ"pha (?), n. [L.] Same as Synalepha.
||Syn*an"gi*um (?), n.; pl. Synangia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; + &?; a
||hollow vessel.] (Anat.) The divided part beyond the pylangium in the
||aortic trunk of the amphibian heart. -- Syn*an"gi*al (#), a.
Syn*an"ther*ous (?), a. [Pref. syn- + anther.] (Bot.) Having the
stamens united by their anthers; as, synantherous flowers.
||Syn`an*the"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with + Gr. &?; bloom.]
||(Bot.) The simultaneous maturity of the anthers and stigmas of a
||blossom. Gray.
Syn*an"thous (?), a. [Pref. syn- + Gr. &?; flower.] (Bot.) Having
flowers and leaves which appear at the same time; -- said of certain
plants.
Syn*an"throse" (?), n. [From NL. Synantheræ the Compositæ; Gr. sy`n
with + &?; blooming.] (Chem.) A variety of sugar, isomeric with
sucrose, found in the tubers of the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus
tuberosus), in the dahlia, and other Compositæ.
||Syn*ap"ta (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; fastened together; sy`n with +
||&?; to fasten.] (Zoöl.) A genus of slender, transparent holothurians
||which have delicate calcareous anchors attached to the dermal plates.
||See Illustration in Appendix.
Syn*ap"tase (?), n. [Gr. &?; fastened together + diastase.] (Chem.) A
ferment resembling diastase, found in bitter almonds. Cf. Amygdalin,
and Emulsin.
||Syn`ap*tic"u*la (?), n.; pl. Synapticulæ (#). [NL., dim. from Gr. &?;
||fastened together.] (Zoöl.) One of numerous calcareous processes
||which extend between, and unite, the adjacent septa of certain
||corals, especially of the fungian corals.
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.
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.