Anachrony
a discrepancy between the order of events in a story and the order in which they are presented in the plot:
anachronies are either flashbacks or flashforwards.
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- Anachronous
misplaced in time; anachronistic.
- Anacidity
the abnormal absence of hydrochloric acid in the stomach. anacidity an·a·cid·i·ty (ān’ə-sĭd’ĭ-tē) n. absence of acidity, especially the absence of hydrochloric acid in the gastric juices.
- Anaclastic
of or relating to refraction. historical examples anaclastic, an-a-klas′tik, adj. pertaining to refraction: bending back. chambers’s twentieth century dictionary (part 1 of 4: a-d) various
- Anacletus
flourished 1st century a.d, pope 76–88. historical examples anacletus stayed in rome, but innocent crossed the alps, and a council was summoned at tampes to decide upon his t-tle. the law of civilization and decay brooks adams pope anacletus speaks of patriarchs, metropolitans, and primates long before they arose. the rise of the mediaeval church […]
- Anaclinal
adjective (of valleys and similar formations) progressing in a direction opposite to the dip of the surrounding rock strata