plesiochronous

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

plesiochronous (not comparable)

1. (communication) Almost, but not quite, synchronous.

   The DS-3 standard uses bit stuffing to allow the clocks of its tributaries to be plesiochronous.

Further reading

• Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia