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plesiochronous en · ADJ

Etymology

From plesio- + chrono- + -ous from Ancient Greek πλησίον (plēsíon, “near”) + χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Almost, but not quite, synchronous.
    • The DS-3 standard uses bit stuffing to allow the clocks of its tributaries to be plesiochronous.