diachronic
/dahy-uh-kron-ik/US // ˌdaɪ əˈkrɒn ɪk //UK // (ˌdaɪəˈkrɒnɪk) //
贯时的,贯时性,贯时,贯时性的
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Linguistics.
- : of or relating to the changes in a linguistic system between successive points in time; historical: diachronic analysis.
Examples
Now, again I repeat, there is no imaginable difference to sense between the prochronic and the diachronic development.
The two creations,—the extinct and the extant,—or rather the prochronic and the diachronic—here unite.
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