Noun

A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used); a struggle for victory.

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*:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat : "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."

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Noun

(en noun)

The state or property of being synchronized.

The generator went off line when it lost synchronization with the power line.

* 2012 , Staff (Max Planck Institute), Study: Solar and wind energy may stabilize the power grid , R&D Magazine, online:

Synchronization , the coordinated dynamics of many units to the same timing is found throughout the natural world.

(military) The arrangement of military actions in time, space, and purpose to produce maximum relative combat power at a decisive place and time.

(military) In the intelligence context, application of intelligence sources and methods in concert with the operation plan. (JP 2-0); (JP 1-02)