If the visual frame and the audio track are not in consonant conjunction with one another an asynchronistic effect occurs. This is sometimes manipulated intentionally for creative reasons but often occurs accidentally. The term can also be applied to occasions when, in the showing of a film, the individual sound-track and visual track become tempor... Found on http://www.allmovie.com/glossary/term/asynchronism
asynchronism, asynchronous, asynchrony 1. Operating at a rate determined by the system rather than at a regular rate of chronological time; without a fixed time pattern. 2. Describing the relationship of two or more systems that run at their own rates and interact at unpredictable times. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2838/17