{
  "id": "synchronization.temporal",
  "term": "synchronization",
  "sense": "temporal",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 3,
  "domain": "general",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "When things change together so their patterns are the same over time.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "time.dimension",
      "pattern.regularity",
      "motion.movement"
    ],
    "interaction": "Patterns of change in different things persist through time in a way that their timing remains aligned.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "shared timing",
      "coordinated rhythm"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "oscillation.motion",
      "type": "medium-for",
      "note": "synchronization often observed in oscillating systems"
    },
    {
      "id": "rhythm.temporal",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "rhythm is a form of synchronization"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "synchronization",
    "synchronizations"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-synchronization.temporal"
}