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monochronic

adj

Etymology

From mono- + chronic.

  1. derived from χρονικός
  2. derived from chronicus
  3. derived from cronike
  4. prefixed as monochronic — “mono + chronic”

Definitions

  1. Characterized by a system where things are done one at a time.

  2. Contemporaneous.

  3. Having or relating to a personality type or culture (distinguished from polychronic)…

    Having or relating to a personality type or culture (distinguished from polychronic) which prefers to set a certain time to perform each task.

    • Western Europe tends to have a monochronic time orientation, as exemplified by the adage "there is a time and place for everything".

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for monochronic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA