Synchrony involves the simultaneous and concordant development of certain events or actions.
A Greek word derived from the term synchrony , which is used with reference to the coexistence or combination of events in the same time period . Synchrony, therefore, implies that certain events develop simultaneously or in a concordant manner .
Synchrony can be considered in different types of machines . In this case, it is the arrangement that allows all the movements or processes of one machine to be transmitted exactly to another.
Synchrony in history and psychology
In the field of history , synchrony involves the analysis of the same period in different geographical locations. In this way, the synchronic perspective can lead to studying the labor movement in Argentina , Brazil and Uruguay in the 1940s : that is, it focuses the study on the same decade, but taking the particularities of the three countries.
For psychology , synchronicity exists when two events develop in synchrony and a coincidence of meaning can be established, although in an acausal way. This is what happens when a person dreams something and, simultaneously, an objective event occurs that coincides with the psychic element (for example, dreaming about the death of a person who actually dies that same night).
The idea of synchrony is used in the field of linguistics.
The concept in linguistics
Linguistics also appeals to the idea of synchrony when analyzing a language statically (at a certain historical moment). The synchronic study of the language, therefore, is oriented to a specific period, unlike the diachronic study (which observes the evolution of the language over time).
This differentiation exists not to indicate which is the correct approach, but because both are valid, although their purposes are well differentiated. The diachronic approach is focused on the history of the language, on the evolution of its different aspects, such as syntax, etymology, semantics, phonetics and lexicon.
The synchronic, for its part, consists of "a trip in time" to a certain point in history, as if a photograph were taken and the characteristics of the language in that scene were analyzed, ignoring what happened later.
Etymological origin of synchrony and diachrony
With respect to the etymological origin of both words, we can say that "diachronic" is a linguistic loanword (a term from one language that comes from another, and which may or may not show signs of having been orthographically adapted) that is constructed from the Greek roots that provide the general idea of something that happens "through time." The etymology of "synchronous", for its part, shows us other Greek roots, which in this case are "with" and "time." The Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure was the one who developed the words "diachrony" and "synchrony", as well as the theoretical construction that divides both concepts; He was the first to establish a clear difference between the two perspectives.
Languages go through profound changes throughout history, and this is not so difficult to understand, since each individual experiences it firsthand. As the years go by, we see that idioms come and go, that spelling changes, accent marks are no longer mandatory in some words, punctuation marks are no longer so strict, and we adopt dozens of foreign terms.
The notion in Pokémon
In the universe of Pokémon, one of the most famous video game series in history, which in turn has television shows, comic strips, movies and countless associated products, the term synchrony has its own meaning: it is of an ability that appears in the third generation.
From then on, if the possessor is paralyzed, burned or poisoned in combat, his opponent will begin to have the same status , unless he has a skill or element to prevent it. The severity of the impact on the attacker depends on the victim's generation, being greater from the fifth generation onwards.