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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time; "diachronic linguistics" [syn: diachronic, historical] [ant: synchronic]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1922 of, relating to, or dealing with phenomena (as of language or culture) as they occur or change over a period of time • diachronically adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. Linguistics etc. concerned with the historical development of a subject (esp. a language) (opp. SYNCHRONIC). Derivatives: diachronically adv. diachronism n. diachronistic adj. diachronous adj. diachrony n. Etymology: F diachronique (as DIA-, CHRONIC)