ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Diachronously

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Diachronously is an adverb meaning In a diachronous manner; carried out or occurring with diachrony.

Meaning

In a diachronous manner; carried out or occurring with diachrony.

Example Sentences

The Pyrenees represents an orogen that developed diachronously, from east to west, between the Late Cretaceous and Miocene.
We propose that multiple Great Unconformities developed diachronously and represent regional tectonic features rather than a synchronous global phenomenon.
Using the literature of human and medical genetics, the results of a synchronous citation study of obsolescence over a 19-year period were compared with the results of a diachronous citation study. If the first two years of synchronous data are excluded, the rate of obsolescence measured synchronously is statistically equivalent to the rate of obsolescence measured diachronously.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include diachronically, diachrony, diachronic, heterochrony, chronologic, anachronic.

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