Meaning & use
desynchronization
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The process or state of losing coordination in timing between two or more things that should occur together.
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Jet lag causes a desynchronization between the body's internal clock and local time.
Engineers traced the video glitch to a brief desynchronization of the audio and picture signals.
A note on using this word
Common in fields such as chronobiology, telecommunications, and computer networking, wherever precise timing matters.
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misalignmentdecoupling
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