Meanings
- not comparableNot in the proper or natural place; foreign.
The anachronism of the king's deixis also has an anachoric component: the plains of Moab are transformed into three distinct locations identified by Balaack as "Cittye, castle, and ryvere".
2009, Robert W. Barrett, Against All England: Regional Identity and Cheshire Writing, page 603 more examples
Csernyei's experiments indicate that chronic periapical inflammations have an anachoric effect on micro-organisms and that organisms do not remain in the blood but take refuge in the area of inflammation.
1940, Charles Goodliffe Darlington, George W. Wilson, The Year Book of Dentistry, page 5To rephrase and extend the foregoing discussion, I venture to say that an acceptable archaeological explanation (conceived of as a structured rendering of relevant "facts", "laws" and conditions) is anachronic and anachoric in relation to its object, and only valid in conjunction with the current state of theorizing.
1978, C. C. Bakels, Analecta praehistorica Leidensia - Volumes 11-12, →ISBN, page 38These relationships may be weaker or absent in anachoric species (those nearly continuously occupying refuges) and those remaining close to refuges, as well as in species relying more on speed and fleeing for long distances than on refuges.
1998, Animal Behaviour Abstracts - Volume 26, Issues 2601-5200, page 87
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