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English
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)
- (American spelling, Oxford British English, neurology) A loss of synchronization of brain waves.
1996, Jaak Pansepp, “Affective Neuroscience”, in Emotion:Interdisciplinary Perspectives, →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.
- The loss or absence of synchronization; asynchronism.