desynchronization

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From desynchronize +‎ -ation or de- +‎ synchronization.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diːˌsɪnkɹənɪˈzeɪʃən/, /diːˌsɪnkɹənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • Hyphenation: de‧syn‧chro‧ni‧za‧tion
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

desynchronization (plural desynchronizations)

  1. (American spelling, Oxford British English, neurology) A loss of synchronization of brain waves.
    • 1996, Jaak Pansepp, “Affective Neuroscience”, in Emotion:Interdisciplinary Perspectives‎[1], →ISBN, page 53:
      FIG 2.4. Analysis of event-related desynchronizations (ERDs) in the author's brain during a 4 s period following the induction of emotional states using the Clynes' technique.
  2. The loss or absence of synchronization; asynchronism.
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