monochronic
adjEtymology From mono- + chronic.
1
Characterized by a system where things are done one at a time.
2
Contemporaneous.
3
Having or relating to a personality type or culture (distinguished from polychronic) which prefers to set a certain time to perform each task.
- Western Europe tends to have a monochronic time orientation, as exemplified by the adage "there is a time and place for everything".
- Derived terms
- monochronically, monochronicity