diachronous.
Varying in age from place to place
Meaning & usage
Varying in age from place to place
Alternative form of diachronic.
Results using synchronous and diachronous studies are often different and do not take into account the growth of literatures, which could affect citation counts received by a given paper.
Where this word comes from
By surface analysis, dia- + chron- + -ous; historically, see synchronous § Etymology.
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