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metachronous

metachronous adjective: occurring at a different time to that of a specified event.

Adjective

metachronous (not comparable)

  1. Occurring at a different time to that of a specified event.
  2. Having parts formed at different times.

metachronous meaning in Tamil

metachronous in Tamil

மாறுபட்ட காலங்களில் நிகழும்

Synonyms of metachronous

Origin of metachronous

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

Words formed from metachronous

Questions about metachronous

What does metachronous mean?
Metachronous means occurring at a different time to that of a specified event.
What is metachronous in Tamil?
Metachronous in Tamil is மாறுபட்ட காலங்களில் நிகழும். See Metachronous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is metachronous?
Metachronous is an adjective.

Words near metachronous in the dictionary

  1. metachronally
  2. metachronic
  3. metachronism
  4. metachronisms
  5. metachronistic
  6. metachronous
  7. metachronously
  8. metachrony
  9. metachrosis
  10. metachrotic
  11. metachurl

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metachronous (page history and authors); metachronous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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