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Definition of Diachronic

1. Adjective. Used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time. "Diachronic linguistics"

Definition of Diachronic

1. Adjective. Occurring or changing along with time. ¹

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Definition of Diachronic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Diachronic

1. The word diachronic is from the Greek dia-, through + chronos, time = through time. As opposed to synchronic, at one point in time. (12 Dec 1998)

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Literary usage of Diachronic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"16 See Andersen 1972, especially 11-18, for a searching discussion of the difference between "diachronic correspondences" and phonetic change. w ..."

2. Isaiah Berlin's Counter-Enlightenment by Joseph Mali, Robert Wokler (2003)
"That hypothesis, in its simplest form, is the old diachronic fallacy, posi hoc ergo propter hoc. This is the shaking stone upon which the ..."

3. Social Sciences for Knowledge and Decision Making by Organization for Economic Cooperation An, OECD Staff, Oecd (2001)
"Structured sequences of acts as institutional products diachronic structured sequences of acts are generated by people in accordance with the relevant ..."

4. Omphalos: An Attempt to Untie the Geological Knot by Philip Henry Gosse (1857)
"It is not necessary,—at least it does not seem so to me,—that all the members of this mighty commonwealth should have an actual, a diachronic existence; ..."

5. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, archaeology, because of its use of a diachronic perspective, and the analytical techniques available, provides researchers and ..."

6. Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Concepts and Cases by Julian Inglis (1993)
"TEK is based on diachronic data, ie, !ong time-series on information on one !oca!ity (as opposed to synchronic data, ie, short time-series over a !arge ..."

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