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metachronous

adj — 2 senses

metachronous

adj

Etymology By surface analysis, meta- + chron- + -ous.

1

Medicine, Physiology, Sciences Occurring at a different time to that of a specified event.

2

Geography, Geology, Natural sciences Having parts formed at different times.

Synonyms
asynchronous
Derived terms
metachronously

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.