Diachronous

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Varying in age from place to place
  2. 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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