Posted by Johnboy at proxy.iwerks.com on February 10, 2000 at 12:10:32:
In Reply to: isn't there an "h" in idiosycHratic? posted by chronic*girl*brig on February 09, 2000 at 22:43:33:
From our pals at dictionary.com:
id·i·o·syn·cra·sy
n., pl. id·i·o·syn·cra·sies.
A structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or a group. See Synonyms at eccentricity.
A physiological or temperamental peculiarity.
An unusual individual reaction to food or a drug.
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[Greek idiosunkrasia: idio-, idio- + sunkrasis, mixture, temperament ( sun-, syn- + krasis, a mixing); see ker- in Indo-European Roots.]
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idi·o·syn·cratic adj.
idi·o·syn·crati·cal·ly adv.
Also for Synchronize:
syn·chro·nize
v. syn·chro·nized, syn·chro·niz·ing, syn·chro·niz·es.
v. intr.
To occur at the same time; be simultaneous.
To operate in unison.
v. tr.
To cause to occur or operate with exact coincidence in time or rate: We synchronized our watches.
To cause to occur or operate at the same time as something else: They synchronized their trip with the annual tulip festival.
To arrange (historical events) in a synchronism so as to indicate parallel occurrence.
To cause (soundtrack and action) to match exactly in a film.
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[Greek sunkhronizein, to be contemporary, from sunkhronos, contemporaneous; see synchronous.]