Diachronic

Quick meaning: Diachronic is an adjective meaning Occurring over or changing with time.

Meaning

Occurring over or changing with time.

More Meanings

1. Of, pertaining to or concerned with changes that occur over time.

Example Sentences

In short, it's usual for the syuzhet to appear more diachronic at the beginning and more synchronic at the end.

However, his interpretation and conclusion receive their rationale almost as often from the subjective horizon as the more diachronic oriented commentaries do.

[…] one salient value of archival magazine preservation is that individual issues register, however unintentionally, the small, incremental, diachronic movements within a culture.

I also take a more diachronic perspective and relate the growth of empire to changes in the regional market system as they occurred in the transition from the Early Aztec to the Late Aztec periods.

Synonyms for diachronic

Depending on context, synonyms include diachronical, historical.

Antonyms for diachronic

Common opposites include synchronic, descriptive.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include historical, synchronic, diacronic, dichronic, chronal, diatopic.

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