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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Metachronism  \Me*tach"ro*nism\,  n.  [Gr.  ?,  ?,  after  the  time, 
  happening  afterward;  ?  beyond  +  ?  time:  cf  F. 
  m['e]tachronisme.] 
  An  error  committed  in  chronology  by  placing  an  event  after 
  its  real  time. 

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