Metachronous

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Occurring at a different time to that of a specified event not-comparable
  2. 2
    Having parts formed at different times not-comparable

Synonyms

All synonyms
asynchronousasynchronoussynchronous

Etymology

By surface analysis, meta- + chron- + -ous.

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