Definition of "diachronic"
diachronic
adjective
comparative more diachronic, superlative most diachronic
Of, pertaining to or concerned with changes that occur over time.
Quotations
I also take a more diachronic perspective and relate the growth of empire to changes in the regional market system as they occurred in the transition from the Early Aztec to the Late Aztec periods.
1996, Richard E. Blanton, “3: The Basin of Mexico Market System and the Growth of Empire”, in Frances Berdan, editor, Aztec Imperial Strategies, page 52
Rethinking the revolution issue is therefore the key to any novel interpretation, but it needs to be addressed in a more diachronic and synchronic fashion, comparing the Wende to earlier German upheavals and to the concurrent transformation of East Central Europe.
2011, Konrad H. Jarausch, “Chapter One: Germany 1989: A New Type of Revolution?”, in Marc Silberman, editor, The German Wall, page 11
Consequently, the perspective will be more diachronic than synchronic.
2012, Paolo Ramat, Sturtevant's paradox revisited, Thomas Stolz, Hitomi Otsuka, Aina Urdze, Johan van der Auwera (editors), Irregularity in Morphology (and Beyond), [page 61]
However, his interpretation and conclusion receive their rationale almost as often from the subjective horizon as the more diachronic oriented commentaries do.
2012, Oliver Glanz, Understanding Participant-Reference Shifts in the Book of Jeremiah, page 172