Diachronous
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Varying in age from place to place
- 2 Alternative form of diachronic. alt-of, alternative
"Results using synchronous and diachronous studies are often different and do not take into account the growth of literatures, which could affect citation counts received by a given paper."
Example
More examples"Results using synchronous and diachronous studies are often different and do not take into account the growth of literatures, which could affect citation counts received by a given paper."
Etymology
By surface analysis, dia- + chron- + -ous; historically, see synchronous ยง Etymology.
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