desynchronises
Falls out step
Desynchronises is the British spelling of desynchronizes.
To desynchronise is to disrupt or break the synchronisation between things that were previously aligned in time or rhythm.
Audio and video desynchronise when one falls behind the other: The lip movements desynchronised from the dialogue.
Sleep patterns desynchronise from natural cycles during jet lag.
The word appears in technical contexts involving clocks, oscillators, or coordinated systems falling out of step.
Break in upon
- interfereObstruct or meddle uninvited
- disruptInterrupt and disorder
- uncoupleSeparate connected things
- decoupleSeparate joined systems
disconnect · disjoin · sever · break · fragment · scatter · destabilize · unsettle
Compensate by opposing force
- lagPeriod of falling behind
- delayEnforced waiting period
- driftGradual movement, no direction
- skewTwist from straight
latency · mismatch · stagger · interval · gap · discrepancy · divergence · slippage
Pleasantly strange or unusual
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- polyrhythmOverlapping musical beat patterns
- arrhythmiaAbnormal cardiac rhythm
- irregularDeviating from normal patterns
stutter · falter · stumble · mistime · counterpoint · desync · drop · hiccup
interrupt
Break in upon
decouple · disconnect · disjoin · sever · break · fragment · scatter · destabilize · unsettle · derail
offset
Compensate by opposing force
skew · latency · mismatch · stagger · interval · gap · discrepancy · divergence · slippage · variance
offbeat
Pleasantly strange or unusual
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- polyrhythmOverlapping musical beat patterns
- arrhythmiaAbnormal cardiac rhythm
irregular · stutter · falter · stumble · mistime · counterpoint · desync · drop · hiccup
buffer
Protective intermediate space
rollback · resync · framerate · threading · deadlock · async · callback · queue
desynchronisessynchronises
Aligns timing precisely
synchronizes · coordinates · aligns · harmonises · harmonizes