"metachronism" meaning in English

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        "An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time."
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          "sense": "error",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "métachronisme"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "error",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "metacronismo"
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      "ipa": "/məˈtækɹənɪzm/"
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  "word": "metachronism"
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      "sense": "error",
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      "word": "métachronisme"
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      "word": "metacronismo"
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