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retrochronal

retrochronal adjective: operating backward in time, so that effects precede their causes.

Adjective

retrochronal (not comparable)

  1. Operating backward in time, so that effects precede their causes.

Questions about retrochronal

What does retrochronal mean?
Retrochronal means operating backward in time, so that effects precede their causes.
What part of speech is retrochronal?
Retrochronal is an adjective.

Words near retrochronal in the dictionary

  1. retrochoanal
  2. retrochoanitic
  3. retrochoir
  4. retrochoirs
  5. retrochorionic
  6. retrochronal
  7. retroclination
  8. retroclinations
  9. retrocline
  10. retroclival
  11. retroclivous

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