adj. Linguistics etc. concerned with the historical development of a subject (esp. a language) (opp. SYNCHRONIC). diachronically adv. diachronism n. diachronistic adj. diachronous adj. diachrony n.
[ F diachronique (as DIA-, CHRONIC) ]
DIACHRONIC
Meaning of DIACHRONIC in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012