achronic

English

Etymology

a- +‎ chronic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɪˈkɹɒnɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

achronic (comparative more achronic, superlative most achronic)

1. Timeless.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, page 522:

     Enlightenment quarrels between pro-Frankish and pro-Gaulish factions were now a political curio, and only ancient Rome and Greece – so far removed in time and space that they seemed both utopian and achronic – provided any sort of positive historical referent.

3. (astronomy, not comparable) Happening at sunset (of the rise or fall of a star; opposed to cosmic).

Synonyms

• (timeless): atemporal; see also Thesaurus:timeless

Derived terms

• achronicity

 

Translations

astronomy

• Polish: achroniczny

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} acronico (it)

Anagrams

• Charonic, anorchic, charnico, incroach