asynchronous
adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
(digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself
Related & opposite
- synchronous antonym
Sense 2 adjective
not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
Related & opposite
- synchronic antonym
- allochronic similar to
- anachronic similar to
- nonsynchronous similar to
- nonparallel similar to
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | synchronous |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | synchronic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | allochronic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | anachronic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | nonsynchronous |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | nonparallel |