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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

polychronic en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Happening at different times.
  2. (of a person) Able to perform multiple tasks simultaneously.
    • A polychronic person may watch television, surf the Internet and talk on the telephone at the same time.
  3. Having or relating to a personality type or culture (distinguished from monochronic) which does not set a certain time to perform each task.

Forms

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more polychronic Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most polychronic Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

polychronically

Relateds

polychrony · polychronicity · polychronization

Synonyms

multitasking